Where does Baylor University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Baylor University ranks #2,835 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 Baylor University hold?

Baylor University holds 135 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 56 technology areas.

What is Baylor University's Innovation Score?

Baylor University has an Innovation Score of 62.2 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Baylor University focus on?

Baylor University's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 85 patents, ranking #187 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 56 CPC subclasses total.

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

Baylor University's recent grant velocity is +273% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Baylor University's patents average 18.5 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 Baylor 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 US Corporation

Baylor University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 135 granted patents across 56 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Baylor ranks #2,835 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 135 patents across 56 technology areas.

#2,835
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.2/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: +273%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2835 · US Corporation #2,835 · 135 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 135 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,835/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chemocentryx
CPC-WIDE G02B · 56 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +273% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chemocentryx, 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 Baylor’s 62.2 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 17.0 pts (27%) Velocity 9.1 pts (15%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arkema France · near

62
Caterpillar Global… · near

62
Baylor University · this assignee

62
Brigham Young… · near

62
Airbus (S ) · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Baylor's Innovation Score is 62.2/100 (top 2% 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 Baylor?

Each dot is one of Baylor’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). Baylor’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Baylor's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Baylor University received 97 grants versus 26 in 2015–2019 (+273% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 29 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 3. Lead class G02B accounts for 63% of the portfolio across 56 subclasses. Volume neighbours: SK Chemicals Co., Ltd. (#2,831) and Geodynamics, Inc. (#2,839).

Baylor's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Baylor University moved from 43 to 59 grants (1.37x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #551. See the growth leaderboard.

SK Chemicals

136
Syracuse Universi…

136
Sion Power

136
Taiho Pharmaceuti…

136
Chemocentryx

135
Forum US

135
Freni Brembo S P A

135
Geodynamics

135
Baylor University ◀

135

What this shows Baylor holds 135 patents at rank #2,835, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Baylor

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,835 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Baylor, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Baylor ranks #187 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Brigham Young University 62 Caterpillar Global Mining LLC 62 Arkema France 62 Airbus (S.A.S.) 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.5 here).

The Western Union Company 18.5 avg Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc. 18.5 avg KPN Innovations LLC 18.5 avg Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd 18.5 avg

Baylor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 2% higher than 98% 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.

View data table

Baylor University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	2.2%
2016	3	2.2%
2017	3	2.2%
2018	12	8.9%
2019	5	3.7%
2020	9	6.7%
2021	29	21.5%
2022	22	16.3%
2023	17	12.6%
2024	20	14.8%
2025partial year	12	8.9%

Which technologies does Baylor University patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 85

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; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 82

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 81

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 34

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 18

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 11

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

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 9

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 9

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 8

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 5

C01F - Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

H04B - Transmission 4

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 4

Top 15 of 56 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

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

Baylor University's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 63% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #2,835 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Baylor University against SK Chemicals Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.2/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.