Where does Cork Institute of Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cork Institute of Technology ranks #34,858 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 Cork Institute of Technology hold?

Cork Institute of Technology holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Cork Institute of Technology's Innovation Score?

Cork Institute of Technology has an Innovation Score of 30.1 out of 100 (33rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cork Institute of Technology focus on?

Cork Institute of Technology's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 3 patents, ranking #4,165 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cork Institute of Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cork Institute of Technology's recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Cork Institute of Technology's patents?

Cork Institute of Technology's patents average 22.6 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 Cork Institute of Technology 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 Foreign Corporation

Cork Institute of Technology

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cork ranks #34,858 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#34,858
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.1/100): 22.6
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34858 · Foreign Corporation #34,858 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,858/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Coolfire Solutions
CPC-NARROW A61B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Coolfire Solutions, 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 Cork’s 30.1 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 7.2 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (31%) Claim depth 13.5 pts (45%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cork Institute of… · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cork's Innovation Score is 30.1/100 (33rd 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 Cork?

Each dot is one of Cork’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). Cork’s own 22.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cork's grants concentrate

Cork Institute of Technology is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Cork sits between CoolSystems, Inc. and Cotton Incorporated.

Coolsystems

7
Coolfire Solutions

7
Copper Labs

7
Cormedix

7
Cormove

7
Corsam

7
Cosma Engineering…

7
Cotton Incorporat…

7
Cork Institute of… ◀

7

What this shows Cork holds 7 patents at rank #34,890, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cork

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,890 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Cork's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Cork Institute of Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2016	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2020	3	42.9%

Which technologies does Cork Institute of Technology patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

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 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Cork Institute of Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cork Institute of Technology's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #34,858 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cork Institute of Technology against CoolSystems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.1/100 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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