Where does American University of Beirut rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), American University of Beirut ranks #12,802 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 American University of Beirut hold?

American University of Beirut holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is American University of Beirut's Innovation Score?

American University of Beirut has an Innovation Score of 41.7 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does American University of Beirut focus on?

American University of Beirut's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 7 patents, ranking #2,341 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

Is American University of Beirut's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

American University of Beirut's recent grant velocity is +240% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for American University of Beirut's patents?

American University of Beirut's patents average 11.1 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 American University of Beirut 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 Corporation

American University of Beirut

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 36 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, American ranks #12,802 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 36 technology areas.

#12,802
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.7/100): 11.1
avg claims per patent: +240%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12802 · Foreign Corporation #12,802 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,802/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AirMagnet
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +240% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AirMagnet, Inc. (±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 American’s 41.7 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 11.0 pts (26%) Velocity 2.9 pts (7%) Breadth 21.2 pts (51%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
American University… · this assignee

42
Himax Display · near

42
Logicdata &… · near

42
Nilfisk A/S · near

42
Toshiba Client… · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows American's Innovation Score is 41.7/100 (top 32% 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 American?

Each dot is one of American’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). American’s own 11.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where American's grants concentrate

American University of Beirut is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 30.4% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, American sits between AirMagnet, Inc. and Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc..

American's three-year grant acceleration

American University of Beirut shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Airmagnet

23
Akademia Gorniczo…

23
Alamo Group

23
Algenol Biotech

23
Ankh Life Sciences

23
Aperia

23
Apstra

23
Aquestive Therape…

23
American Universi… ◀

23

What this shows American holds 23 patents at rank #12,810, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near American

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,810 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for American, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), American ranks #2,341 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Nilfisk A/S 42 Logicdata Electronic & Software Entwicklungs GmbH 42 Toshiba Client Solutions Co., Ltd. 42 Himax Display, Inc. 42

American's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% 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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American University of Beirut patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.3%
2016	1	4.3%
2019	3	13.0%
2020	4	17.4%
2021	7	30.4%
2022	1	4.3%
2023	1	4.3%
2024	4	17.4%
2025partial year	1	4.3%

Which technologies does American University of Beirut patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

C12Y - Enzymes 1

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 1

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 1

Top 15 of 36 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

American University of Beirut's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

American University of Beirut's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 30.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #12,802 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare American University of Beirut against AirMagnet, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.7/100 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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