Where does Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna ranks #5,342 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 Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna hold?

Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna holds 64 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 78 technology areas.

What is Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna's Innovation Score?

Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna has an Innovation Score of 52.9 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 Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna focus on?

Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 18 patents, ranking #1,261 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 78 CPC subclasses total.

Is Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna's recent grant velocity is +27% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna's patents?

Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna's patents average 14.8 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna

Q: How is the Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna 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 PatentsView assignee record - 64 granted patents across 78 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alma ranks #5,342 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 64 patents across 78 technology areas.

#5,342
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (52.9/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: +27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5342 · Foreign Corporation #5,342 · 64 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 64 grants
UPPER-Q #5,342/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Beijing Geekplus…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 78 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Beijing Geekplus Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Alma’s 52.9 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 14.4 pts (27%) Velocity 4.6 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alma Mater STUDIORUM… · this assignee

53
Hexion · near

53
Indian Institute OF… · near

53
Landa Labs (2012) · near

53
Parallel Wireless · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alma's Innovation Score is 52.9/100 (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 Alma?

Each dot is one of Alma’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). Alma’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Alma's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna received 33 grants versus 26 in 2015–2019 (+27% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 11 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 1. Lead class A61K accounts for 28.1% of the portfolio across 78 subclasses. Volume neighbours: WHP Workflow Solutions, Inc. (#5,338) and Beijing University of Chemical Technology (#5,346).

Alma's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna moved from 23 to 16 grants (0.70x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

WHP Workflow Solu…

65
Wockhardt

65
ibiquity Digital

65
thyssenkrupp Bils…

65
Beijing Geekplus…

64
Biontech SE

64
BOS & KG

64
Beijing Universit…

64
Alma Mater Studio… ◀

64

What this shows Alma holds 64 patents at rank #5,342, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alma

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,342 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Alma, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Alma ranks #1,261 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Hexion Inc. 53 Landa Labs (2012) Ltd. 53 Indian Institute OF Technology Delhi 53 Parallel Wireless, Inc. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.8 here).

HannStar Display Corporation 14.8 avg GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC 14.7 avg Guangzhou Ucweb Computer Technology Co., Ltd 14.7 avg Universite DE Strasbourg 14.8 avg

Alma'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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Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	4.7%
2016	6	9.4%
2017	5	7.8%
2018	6	9.4%
2019	6	9.4%
2020	6	9.4%
2021	11	17.2%
2022	4	6.3%
2023	1	1.6%
2024	11	17.2%
2025partial year	5	7.8%

Which technologies does Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 18

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 17

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 11

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 10

C07K - Peptides 9

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 6

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 4

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 4

C12Y - Enzymes 4

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 3

H04B - Transmission 3

Top 15 of 78 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

Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 28.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #5,342 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alma Mater STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITÀ DI Bologna against WHP Workflow Solutions, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.9/100 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

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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

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