Where does Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation ranks #11,558 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation's recent grant velocity is +36% 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 Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation's patents?

Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation's patents average 18.8 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

Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation

Q: How many patents does Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation hold?

Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 32 technology areas.

Q: What is Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation's Innovation Score?

Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation has an Innovation Score of 56.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: What technology areas does Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation focus on?

Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 10 patents, ranking #2,196 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation 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 - 26 granted patents across 32 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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, Australian ranks #11,558 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 32 technology areas.

#11,558
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.0/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: +36%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11558 · Foreign Corporation #11,558 · 26 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,558/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Arturo Salice S P A
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +36% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Arturo Salice S.P.A. (±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 Australian’s 56.0 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 11.4 pts (20%) Velocity 13.3 pts (24%) Breadth 20.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
UVic Industry… · near

56
Australian Nuclear… · this assignee

56
Bar-Ilan University · near

56
Continental Reifen… · near

56
Optos · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Australian's Innovation Score is 56.0/100 (top 6% 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 Australian?

Each dot is one of Australian’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). Australian’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Australian's grants concentrate

Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 38.5% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Australian sits between Arturo Salice S.P.A. and Axcella Health Inc..

Australian's three-year grant acceleration

Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

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Automotive Lighti…

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Avermedia

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Axcella Health

26
Australian Nuclea… ◀

26

What this shows Australian holds 26 patents at rank #11,541, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Australian

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,541 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Australian, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Australian ranks #2,196 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Bar-Ilan University 56 Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH 56 UVic Industry Partnerships Inc. 56 Optos PLC 56

Australian's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	19.2%
2016	2	7.7%
2017	4	15.4%
2020	4	15.4%
2021	1	3.8%
2022	3	11.5%
2023	4	15.4%
2024	3	11.5%

Which technologies does Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 10

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 8

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

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 6

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 6

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 5

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 5

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 4

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 4

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

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 3

B09B - Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 2

C12Y - Enzymes 2

Top 15 of 32 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

Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 38.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #11,558 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Australian Nuclear Science AND Technology Organisation against Arturo Salice S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.0/100 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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