Where does Eastern Michigan University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Eastern Michigan University ranks #21,037 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 Eastern Michigan University hold?

Eastern Michigan University holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Eastern Michigan University's Innovation Score?

Eastern Michigan University has an Innovation Score of 55.4 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Eastern Michigan University focus on?

Eastern Michigan University's top technology area is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds) with 6 patents, ranking #724 of 2,691 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Eastern Michigan University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Eastern Michigan University's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Eastern Michigan University's patents?

Eastern Michigan University's patents average 15.0 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 Eastern Michigan 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

Eastern Michigan University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 24 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: C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Eastern ranks #21,037 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 24 technology areas.

#21,037
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.4/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21037 · US Corporation #21,037 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,037/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Drone Racing League
CPC-FOCUS C07C · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Drone Racing League, 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 Eastern’s 55.4 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 9.1 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (36%) Breadth 17.3 pts (31%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Eastern Michigan… · this assignee

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Eastern's Innovation Score is 55.4/100 (top 7% 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 Eastern?

Each dot is one of Eastern’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). Eastern’s own 15.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Eastern's grants concentrate

Eastern Michigan University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 46.2% of grants classified under C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Eastern sits between Drone Racing League, Inc. and Eddie Bauer LLC.

Eastern's three-year grant acceleration

Eastern Michigan University shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Drone Racing Leag…

13
E*Trade Financial…

13
E+E Elektronik GE…

13
E D Bullard

13
Easy Solutions En…

13
Ecole Nationale D…

13
ECP Incorporated

13
Eddie Bauer

13
Eastern Michigan… ◀

13

What this shows Eastern holds 13 patents at rank #21,038, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Eastern

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,038 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds)

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

Eastern's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% 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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Eastern Michigan University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	23.1%
2016	1	7.7%
2017	2	15.4%
2018	3	23.1%
2022	2	15.4%
2024	1	7.7%
2025partial year	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Eastern Michigan University patent most?

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 6

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 6

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 5

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 3

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 3

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 3

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

C12Y - Enzymes 2

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 2

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

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

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

Top 15 of 24 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

Eastern Michigan University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Eastern Michigan University's lead technology class is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), 46.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07C
Ranked #21,037 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Eastern Michigan University against Drone Racing League, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.4/100 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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