Where does East Carolina University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), East Carolina University ranks #6,136 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 East Carolina University hold?

East Carolina University holds 55 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is East Carolina University's Innovation Score?

East Carolina University has an Innovation Score of 48.0 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does East Carolina University focus on?

East Carolina University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 19 patents, ranking #1,197 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

Is East Carolina University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

East Carolina University's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 East Carolina University's patents?

East Carolina University's patents average 17.0 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 East Carolina 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

East Carolina University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 55 granted patents across 31 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, East ranks #6,136 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 55 patents across 31 technology areas.

#6,136
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.0/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6136 · US Corporation #6,136 · 55 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 55 grants
UPPER-Q #6,136/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dyax
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dyax Corp. (±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 East’s 48.0 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 13.9 pts (29%) Velocity 4.2 pts (9%) Breadth 19.7 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
B Braun Medical · near

48
East Carolina… · this assignee

48
Leica Instruments… · near

48
Mitel Networks · near

48
The University of… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows East's Innovation Score is 48.0/100 (top 17% 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 East?

Each dot is one of East’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). East’s own 17.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where East's grants concentrate

East Carolina University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 34.5% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, East sits between Dyax Corp. and Exo Imaging, Inc..

East's three-year grant acceleration

East Carolina University shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Dyax

55
Elkay Manufacturi…

55
Enzo Life Sciences

55
Eugene Technology

55
Ellenberger & Poe…

55
Entellus Medical

55
Erasmus Universit…

55
Exo Imaging

55
East Carolina Uni… ◀

55

What this shows East holds 55 patents at rank #6,139, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near East

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,139 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for East, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), East ranks #1,197 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

The University of Western Australia 48 B.Braun Medical Inc. 48 Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd 48 Mitel Networks Corporation 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.0 here).

Polyvalor, Limited Partnership 17.0 avg Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG 17.0 avg UTI Inc. 17.0 avg RTC Industries, Inc. 17.0 avg

East's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% 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.

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East Carolina University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	12.7%
2016	4	7.3%
2017	6	10.9%
2018	4	7.3%
2019	5	9.1%
2020	7	12.7%
2021	7	12.7%
2022	5	9.1%
2023	5	9.1%
2024	2	3.6%
2025partial year	3	5.5%

Which technologies does East Carolina University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 19

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 17

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 14

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 10

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 9

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

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 6

C07K - Peptides 6

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 5

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 3

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

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 3

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 3

Top 15 of 31 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

East Carolina University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

East Carolina University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 34.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #6,136 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare East Carolina University against Dyax Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.0/100 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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