Dammam, Dhul-AlQa’da 09, 1436 AH, August 24, 2015, SPA -- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals has achieved the rank 22nd among universities in the world in the number of patents issued by the Office of the United States Patent and Trademark for 2014. The National Academy of Inventors, in cooperation with the Intellectual Property Association of the United States of America, has announced its list of Top Universities in terms of getting patents from the US Patent Office and Trademark Office. According to the list, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals has got the 22nd position winning 84 patents, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology ranked 55th, and King Saud University ranked 63rd, where the first got 37 patents, and the latter 33 patents in 2014. -- SPA 16:09 LOCAL TIME 13:09 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w