Where does Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit ranks #5,833 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 Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit hold?

Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit holds 58 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit's Innovation Score?

Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit has an Innovation Score of 32.9 out of 100 (43rd 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 Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit focus on?

Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit's top technology area is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds) with 46 patents, ranking #177 of 3,165 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit's recent grant velocity is -7% 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 Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit's patents?

Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit's patents average 6.8 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 Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit 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

Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 58 granted patents across 14 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: C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Duquesne ranks #5,833 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 58 patents across 14 technology areas.

#5,833
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.9/100): 6.8
avg claims per patent: -7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5833 · US Corporation #5,833 · 58 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 58 grants
UPPER-Q #5,833/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Conagen
CPC-FOCUS C07D · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Conagen 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 Duquesne’s 32.9 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 14.1 pts (43%) Velocity 1.5 pts (5%) Breadth 13.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 4.1 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Avogy · near

33
Zenith Epigenetics · near

33
Duquesne University… · this assignee

33
Gainspan · near

33
Oxford Instruments… · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Duquesne's Innovation Score is 32.9/100 (43rd 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 Duquesne?

Each dot is one of Duquesne’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). Duquesne’s own 6.8 claims/patent is at or below the 14.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Duquesne's grants concentrate

Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 79.3% of grants classified under C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Duquesne sits between Conagen Inc. and Fuerst Group, Inc..

Duquesne's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit moved from 31 to 7 grants (0.23x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Conagen

58
Contec

58
Dfine

58
Dongbu Hitek

58
Em-tech

58
Echostar UK Holdi…

58
Engineered Contro…

58
Fuerst Group

58
Duquesne Universi… ◀

58

What this shows Duquesne holds 58 patents at rank #5,833, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Duquesne

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,833 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Duquesne, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), Duquesne ranks #177 of 3,165 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Gainspan Corporation 33 Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. 33 Avogy, Inc. 33 Zenith Epigenetics Ltd. 33

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (6.8 here).

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. 6.8 avg TGK Co., Ltd. 6.8 avg Dorco Co., Ltd. 6.8 avg JS Products, Inc. 6.8 avg

Duquesne's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% 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.

View data table

Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	6.9%
2016	5	8.6%
2017	5	8.6%
2018	6	10.3%
2019	10	17.2%
2020	12	20.7%
2021	9	15.5%
2022	1	1.7%
2023	5	8.6%
2024	1	1.7%

Which technologies does Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit patent most?

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 46

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 41

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 33

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 9

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

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 1

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 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit's lead technology class is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), 79.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07D
Ranked #5,833 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit against Conagen Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.9/100 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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