Where does Brigham Young University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Brigham Young University ranks #1,735 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 Brigham Young University hold?

Brigham Young University holds 235 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 135 technology areas.

What is Brigham Young University's Innovation Score?

Brigham Young 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 Brigham Young University focus on?

Brigham Young University's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 41 patents, ranking #374 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 135 CPC subclasses total.

Is Brigham Young University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Brigham Young University's recent grant velocity is -54% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Brigham Young University's patents?

Brigham Young University's patents average 19.5 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 Brigham Young 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

Brigham Young University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 235 granted patents across 135 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Brigham ranks #1,735 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 235 patents across 135 technology areas.

#1,735
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.2/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: -54%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1735 · US Corporation #1,735 · 235 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 235 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,735/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AGC Glass Europe
CPC-WIDE G01N · 135 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -54% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AGC Glass Europe (±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 Brigham’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 18.9 pts (30%) Velocity 6.7 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arkema France · near

62
Caterpillar Global… · near

62
Baylor University · near

62
Brigham Young… · this assignee

62
Airbus (S ) · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Brigham'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 Brigham?

Each dot is one of Brigham’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). Brigham’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Brigham's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Brigham Young University received 71 grants versus 156 in 2015–2019 (-54% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 40 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 7. Lead class G01N accounts for 17.4% of the portfolio across 135 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. (#1,731) and Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd. (#1,739).

Brigham's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Brigham Young University moved from 52 to 52 grants (1.00x 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 #1,180. See the growth leaderboard.

Johnson & Johnson…

236
Meidensha

236
Nidec Motor

236
AGC Glass Europe

235
Consejo Superior…

235
Tessera

235
Williams-sonoma

235
Yoshino Kogyosho

235
Brigham Young Uni… ◀

235

What this shows Brigham holds 235 patents at rank #1,735, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Brigham

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,735 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Brigham, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Brigham ranks #374 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

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

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.5 here).

Arista Networks, Inc. 19.5 avg Qorvo US, Inc. 19.5 avg Tectus Corporation 19.5 avg Hill Phoenix, Inc. 19.5 avg

Brigham'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.

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Brigham Young University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	40	17.0%
2016	31	13.2%
2017	23	9.8%
2018	29	12.3%
2019	33	14.0%
2020	12	5.1%
2021	7	3.0%
2022	19	8.1%
2023	17	7.2%
2024	16	6.8%
2025partial year	8	3.4%

Which technologies does Brigham Young University patent most?

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

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 41

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 36

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 33

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 22

C07J - Steroids 16

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 12

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 12

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 12

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 9

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 9

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 8

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 8

Top 15 of 135 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

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

Brigham Young University's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 17.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #1,735 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Brigham Young University against Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc., 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

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