Where does Brandeis University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Brandeis University ranks #2,909 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 Brandeis University hold?

Brandeis University holds 131 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 56 technology areas.

What is Brandeis University's Innovation Score?

Brandeis University has an Innovation Score of 55.1 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Brandeis University's recent grant velocity is +12% 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 Brandeis University's patents?

Brandeis University's patents average 16.6 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 Brandeis 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

Brandeis University

Q: What technology areas does Brandeis University focus on?

Brandeis University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 44 patents. Grants appear in 56 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 131 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Brandeis ranks #2,909 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 131 patents across 56 technology areas.

#2,909
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.1/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: +12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2909 · US Corporation #2,909 · 131 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 131 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,909/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ashley Furniture…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 56 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Brandeis University · this assignee

55
Daimler · near

55
Doosan Heavy… · near

55
Monosol · near

55
TTP · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Brandeis's Innovation Score is 55.1/100 (top 7% 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.

How Brandeis's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Brandeis University received 64 grants versus 57 in 2015–2019 (+12% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 22 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 4. Lead class A61K accounts for 33.6% of the portfolio across 56 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Trinity Bay Equipment Holdings, LLC (#2,905) and Inno-Pak, LLC (#2,913).

Brandeis's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Brandeis University moved from 53 to 26 grants (0.49x 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 #2,714. See the growth leaderboard.

Trinity Bay Equip…

132
Werner

132
Westrock Packagin…

132
Ashley Furniture…

131
Broan-nutone

131
Diversey

131
Epoch

131
Inno-pak

131
Brandeis Universi… ◀

131

What this shows Brandeis holds 131 patents at rank #2,909, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Brandeis

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,909 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Brandeis, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. 55 Daimler AG 55 Monosol, LLC 55 TTP Plc 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.6 here).

Rex Medical, L.P. 16.6 avg University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education 16.6 avg Applied Materials, Inc. 16.6 avg Cleversafe, Inc. 16.6 avg

Brandeis's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% 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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Brandeis University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	9.9%
2016	10	7.6%
2017	10	7.6%
2018	9	6.9%
2019	15	11.5%
2020	22	16.8%
2021	16	12.2%
2022	15	11.5%
2023	7	5.3%
2024	4	3.1%
2025partial year	10	7.6%

Which technologies does Brandeis University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 44

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 41

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 33

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 32

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 31

C07K - Peptides 28

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 17

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 14

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 11

C12Y - Enzymes 11

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 9

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 9

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 8

F17D - Pipe-line SYSTEMS; Pipe-lines 8

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 7

Top 15 of 56 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,909

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

55.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Brandeis University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 33.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #2,909 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Brandeis University against Trinity Bay Equipment Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.1/100 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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