Where does City of Hope rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), City of Hope ranks #1,163 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 City of Hope hold?

City of Hope holds 366 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is City of Hope's Innovation Score?

City of Hope has an Innovation Score of 59.1 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does City of Hope focus on?

City of Hope's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 226 patents. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

Is City of Hope's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

City of Hope's recent grant velocity is +37% 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 City of Hope's patents?

City of Hope's patents average 15.8 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 City of Hope 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

City of Hope

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 366 granted patents across 38 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, City ranks #1,163 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 366 patents across 38 technology areas.

#1,163
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.1/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: +37%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1163 · US Corporation #1,163 · 366 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 366 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,163/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ArcelorMittal
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 38 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +37% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ArcelorMittal (±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
City of Hope · this assignee

59
Daicel · near

59
Rocky Research · near

59
Inteva Products · near

59
Politecnico di Milano · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows City's Innovation Score is 59.1/100 (top 4% 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.

Where City's grants concentrate

City of Hope is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 61.7% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (47 grants) versus a trough of 23 in 2016. By volume, City sits between Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. and Purdue Pharma L.P..

City's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, City of Hope moved from 110 to 123 grants (1.12x 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 #926. See the growth leaderboard.

Owens-brockway Gl…

367
Rubrik

367
Westinghouse Elec…

367
Arcelormittal

366
City of Hope ◀

366
Dish Wireless L L…

365
Gojo Industries

365
HFI Innovation

365
Purdue Pharma

365

What this shows City holds 366 patents at rank #1,163, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near City

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,163 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Daicel Corporation 59 Rocky Research 59 Inteva Products, LLC 59 Politecnico di Milano 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.8 here).

Fenwal, Inc. 15.8 avg RTX Corporation 15.8 avg Wistron Corporation 15.8 avg Universal Lighting Technologies Inc. 15.8 avg

City's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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

City of Hope patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	30	8.2%
2016	23	6.3%
2017	34	9.3%
2018	29	7.9%
2019	31	8.5%
2020	41	11.2%
2021	38	10.4%
2022	40	10.9%
2023	47	12.8%
2024	36	9.8%
2025partial year	17	4.6%

Which technologies does City of Hope patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 226

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 189

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 167

C07K - Peptides 128

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 47

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 42

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 29

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 27

C12Y - Enzymes 21

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 19

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 14

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 11

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 11

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 8

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 5

Top 15 of 38 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,163

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

59.1 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

City of Hope's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

City of Hope's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 61.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #1,163 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare City of Hope against Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.1/100 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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