Overall rank by patents
#10,521
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 34 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: G02F (OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICA).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Abu ranks #10,521 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 34 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R10521 · Foreign Corporation #10,521 · 29 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Acorn Semi, Llc (±0 grants)
Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Chiaro Technology · near
55 score
Abu Dhabi University · this assignee
55 score
Theatre Controls · near
55 score
Crossford Internatio… · near
55 score
Florida Atlantic Uni… · near
55 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Abu Dhabi University stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #10,521 of 50,000; Innovation Score 55.1/100 sits in the top 7% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Acorn Semi, Llc (±0 grants).
Abu Dhabi University has been granted 29 US utility patents between 2017 and 2025, placing Abu Dhabi University at #10,521 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 34 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 10.9 claims per patent with primary concentration in G02F (OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICA). As a Foreign Corporation, Abu Dhabi University is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Abu sits between Arburg Gmbh + Co KG (29 patents, rank #10,532) and Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (29 patents, rank #10,540) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 55.1/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 23 grants, compared with 3 in the 2015–2019 window, a +667% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Abu Dhabi University's 10.9 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 34 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
ARBURG GMBH + CO KG
29 patents
ARCHERY INNOVATORS, LLC
29 patents
ASTI GLOBAL INC., TAIWAN
29 patents
ATS CORPORATION
29 patents
Acorn Semi, LLC
29 patents
Adient Aerospace, LLC
29 patents
Advanced Charging Technologies Inc.
29 patents
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
29 patents
Abu Dhabi University
29 patents
What this shows Abu holds 29 patents at rank #10,536, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #10,536 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Abu's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Abu, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).
Abu's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 6.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 3.4% |
| 2020 | 4 | 13.8% |
| 2021 | 2 | 6.9% |
| 2022 | 5 | 17.2% |
| 2023 | 6 | 20.7% |
| 2024 | 6 | 20.7% |
| 2025partial year | 3 | 10.3% |
Top 15 of 34 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#10,521
of 50,000 tracked assignees
55.1 out of 100
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