Where does Case Western Reserve University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Case Western Reserve University ranks #526 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 Case Western Reserve University hold?

Case Western Reserve University holds 856 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 149 technology areas.

What is Case Western Reserve University's Innovation Score?

Case Western Reserve University has an Innovation Score of 63.4 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 Case Western Reserve University focus on?

Case Western Reserve University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 321 patents, ranking #50 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 149 CPC subclasses total.

Is Case Western Reserve University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Case Western Reserve University's recent grant velocity is +28% 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 Case Western Reserve University's patents?

Case Western Reserve University's patents average 16.4 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 Case Western Reserve 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

Case Western Reserve University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 856 granted patents across 149 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, Case ranks #526 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 856 patents across 149 technology areas.

#526
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.4/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: +28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R526 · US Corporation #526 · 856 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 856 grants
TOP-DECILE #526/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH W L Gore & Associates
CPC-WIDE A61K · 149 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH (±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 Case’s 63.4 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 23.3 pts (37%) Velocity 5.2 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Janssen Pharmaceutic… · near

63
Raven Industries · near

63
Case Western… · this assignee

63
Neste OYJ · near

63
Orange · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Case's Innovation Score is 63.4/100 (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 Case?

Each dot is one of Case’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). Case’s own 16.4 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.

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

How Case's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Case Western Reserve University received 451 grants versus 351 in 2015–2019 (+28% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 108 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 43. Lead class A61K accounts for 37.5% of the portfolio across 149 subclasses. Volume neighbours: SharkNinja Operating LLC (#522) and Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation (#530).

Case's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Case Western Reserve University moved from 307 to 241 grants (0.79x 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 #1,888. See the growth leaderboard.

Sharkninja Operat…

862
Coretronic

858
Lear

858
Cable Television…

857
W L Gore & Associ…

856
Case Western Rese… ◀

856
Philips Lighting…

855
Microchip Technol…

851
Semiconductor Man…

848

What this shows Case holds 856 patents at rank #526, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Case

By rank, the assignees closest to #526 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Case, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Case ranks #50 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Orange 63 Neste OYJ 63 Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 63 Raven Industries, inc. 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.4 here).

Solventum Intellectual Properties Company 16.4 avg Worcester Polytechnic Institute 16.4 avg Basf Plant Science Company GmbH 16.4 avg GE OIL & GAS UK Ltd 16.4 avg

Case's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 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

Case Western Reserve University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	43	5.0%
2016	54	6.3%
2017	57	6.7%
2018	100	11.7%
2019	97	11.3%
2020	108	12.6%
2021	102	11.9%
2022	90	10.5%
2023	77	9.0%
2024	74	8.6%
2025partial year	54	6.3%

Which technologies does Case Western Reserve University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 321

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 190

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 158

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 126

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 124

C07K - Peptides 109

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 109

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 94

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 90

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 76

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 71

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 70

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 35

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 31

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 30

Top 15 of 149 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

Case Western Reserve University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Case Western Reserve University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #526 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Case Western Reserve University against SharkNinja Operating LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.4/100 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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