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Patents and tech

start-ups.

The University has launched more than

65 high-tech startup firms since 1996.
And, as of 2020, the University holds
400 active US patents on inventions by

researchers here. One example of that
spirit of innovation is the Blue Noise

Mask—an algorithm used for image
rendering on virtually every printer
and computer screen. We even have a

patent on cloaking—perhaps inspired
by Harry Potter.