Where does Carnegie Institution of Washington rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Carnegie Institution of Washington ranks #18,468 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 Carnegie Institution of Washington hold?

Carnegie Institution of Washington holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Carnegie Institution of Washington's Innovation Score?

Carnegie Institution of Washington has an Innovation Score of 34.1 out of 100 (47th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Carnegie Institution of Washington's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Carnegie Institution of Washington's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Carnegie Institution of Washington's patents?

Carnegie Institution of Washington's patents average 13.6 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 Carnegie Institution of Washington 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

Carnegie Institution of Washington

Q: What technology areas does Carnegie Institution of Washington focus on?

Carnegie Institution of Washington's top technology area is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c) with 5 patents, ranking #476 of 1,689 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 16 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: C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Carnegie ranks #18,468 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 16 technology areas.

#18,468
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.1/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18468 · US Corporation #18,468 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,468/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Canadian Energy…
CPC-FOCUS C01B · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Canadian Energy Services L.P. (±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 Carnegie’s 34.1 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 9.6 pts (28%) Velocity 2.2 pts (6%) Breadth 14.1 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Carnegie Institution… · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Carnegie's Innovation Score is 34.1/100 (47th percentile 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 Carnegie?

Each dot is one of Carnegie’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). Carnegie’s own 13.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Carnegie's grants concentrate

Carnegie Institution of Washington is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Carnegie sits between CZ Biohub SF, LLC and Charlotte's Web, Inc..

Carnegie's three-year grant acceleration

Carnegie Institution of Washington shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

CZ Biohub SF

15
Canadian Energy S…

15
Canary Connect

15
Canon Europa

15
Cequr

15
Chanel One Holdin…

15
Chant Sincere

15
Charlotte's Web

15
Carnegie Institut… ◀

15

What this shows Carnegie holds 15 patents at rank #18,489, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Carnegie

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,489 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C01B (Non-metallic Elements)

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

Carnegie's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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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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Carnegie Institution of Washington patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	33.3%
2017	2	13.3%
2019	5	33.3%
2021	1	6.7%
2023	1	6.7%
2024	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Carnegie Institution of Washington patent most?

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 5

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 5

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

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 3

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 3

C07K - Peptides 3

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

C01F - Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Carnegie Institution of Washington's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Carnegie Institution of Washington's lead technology class is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C01B
Ranked #18,468 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Carnegie Institution of Washington against CZ Biohub SF, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.1/100 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

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