Where does Alfaisal University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alfaisal University ranks #9,693 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Alfaisal University hold?

Alfaisal University holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 46 technology areas.

What is Alfaisal University's Innovation Score?

Alfaisal University has an Innovation Score of 53.0 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Alfaisal University focus on?

Alfaisal University's top technology area is C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere) with 13 patents, ranking #227 of 1,605 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 46 CPC subclasses total.

Is Alfaisal University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Alfaisal University's recent grant velocity is +188% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Alfaisal University's patents?

Alfaisal University's patents average 13.1 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Alfaisal University patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Government

Alfaisal University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 46 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alfaisal ranks #9,693 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 46 technology areas.

#9,693
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.0/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: +188%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9693 · Foreign Government #9,693 · 32 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNGOV · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,693/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aalto University…
CPC-WIDE C09K · 46 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNGOV Foreign Gov
VEL-SURGE +188% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aalto University Foundation sr (±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.

How Alfaisal’s 53.0 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 12.1 pts (23%) Velocity 9.1 pts (17%) Breadth 24.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alfaisal University · this assignee

53
CoolIT Systems · near

53
entigenlogic · near

53
Meiji · near

53
Mizkan Holdings · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alfaisal's Innovation Score is 53.0/100 (top 9% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Alfaisal?

Each dot is one of Alfaisal’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Alfaisal’s own 13.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Alfaisal vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Alfaisal's grants concentrate

Alfaisal University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 46 CPC subclasses with 40.6% of grants classified under C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Alfaisal sits between Aalto University Foundation sr and Arc Suppression Technologies.

Alfaisal's three-year grant acceleration

Alfaisal University shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Aalto University…

32
Abnormal Security

32
Advanced Cardiova…

32
Advanced Ion Beam…

32
Ampio Pharmaceuti…

32
Anki

32
Aquantia

32
Arc Suppression

32
Alfaisal Universi… ◀

32

What this shows Alfaisal holds 32 patents at rank #9,703, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alfaisal

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,703 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Alfaisal's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Alfaisal, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications), Alfaisal ranks #227 of 1,605 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

CoolIT Systems, Inc. 53 Mizkan Holdings Co., Ltd. 53 entigenlogic LLC 53 Meiji Co., Ltd. 53

Alfaisal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Alfaisal University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.1%
2016	1	3.1%
2018	3	9.4%
2019	3	9.4%
2020	5	15.6%
2021	3	9.4%
2022	5	15.6%
2023	6	18.8%
2024	4	12.5%
2025partial year	1	3.1%

Which technologies does Alfaisal University patent most?

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 13

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 8

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 7

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 7

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 3

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 3

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 3

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 2

Top 15 of 46 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Alfaisal University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alfaisal University's lead technology class is C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere), 40.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09K
Ranked #9,693 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alfaisal University against Aalto University Foundation sr, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.0/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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