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And the fifth-annual worldwide rankings from the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) affirm that claim, putting North Carolina\u2019s largest institution in its Top 100 universities in U.S. utility patents in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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