Where does College of William & Mary rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), College of William & Mary ranks #16,695 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 College of William & Mary hold?

College of William & Mary holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is College of William & Mary's Innovation Score?

College of William & Mary has an Innovation Score of 37.1 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does College of William & Mary focus on?

College of William & Mary's top technology area is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition) with 4 patents, ranking #123 of 331 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is College of William & Mary's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

College of William & Mary's recent grant velocity is -87% 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 College of William & Mary's patents?

College of William & Mary'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 College of William & Mary 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

College of William & Mary

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, College ranks #16,695 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 25 technology areas.

#16,695
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.1/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16695 · US Corporation #16,695 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,695/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cobalt Iron
CPC-FOCUS F42B · 25 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cobalt Iron, Inc. (±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 College’s 37.1 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 10.0 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 17.7 pts (48%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
College of William… · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows College's Innovation Score is 37.1/100 (top 44% 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 College?

Each dot is one of College’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). College’s own 15.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where College's grants concentrate

College of William & Mary is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 23.5% of grants classified under F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, College sits between CoLabs International Corporation and ContiTech Vibration Control GmbH.

Colabs Internatio…

17
Cobalt Iron

17
Cognizant Trizett…

17
Cold Jet

17
Colorado Seminary…

17
Concurrent

17
Contitech Luftfed…

17
Contitech Vibrati…

17
College of Willia… ◀

17

What this shows College holds 17 patents at rank #16,707, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near College

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,707 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F42B (Explosive Charges)

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

College's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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College of William & Mary patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	17.6%
2016	3	17.6%
2017	1	5.9%
2018	6	35.3%
2019	2	11.8%
2021	2	11.8%

Which technologies does College of William & Mary patent most?

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 4

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

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

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

Top 15 of 25 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

College of William & Mary's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

College of William & Mary's lead technology class is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition), 23.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F42B
Ranked #16,695 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare College of William & Mary against CoLabs International Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.1/100 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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