Where does Florida A&M University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Florida A&M University ranks #6,145 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 Florida A&M University hold?

Florida A&M University holds 55 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 60 technology areas.

What is Florida A&M University's Innovation Score?

Florida A&M University has an Innovation Score of 53.6 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Florida A&M University focus on?

Florida A&M University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 18 patents, ranking #1,261 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 60 CPC subclasses total.

Is Florida A&M University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Florida A&M University's recent grant velocity is +255% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Florida A&M University's patents?

Florida A&M University's patents average 12.8 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 Florida A&M 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 Assignee

Florida A&M University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 55 granted patents across 60 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, Florida ranks #6,145 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 55 patents across 60 technology areas.

#6,145
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.6/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: +255%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6145 · Assignee #6,145 · 55 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-UNK · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 55 grants
UPPER-Q #6,145/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Exo Imaging
CPC-WIDE A61K · 60 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-UNK Type blank
VEL-SURGE +255% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Exo Imaging, 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 Florida’s 53.6 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 (26%) Velocity 7.0 pts (13%) Breadth 25.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Florida A&M University · this assignee

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Imasen Electric… · near

54
Raytrx · near

54
Kistler Holding · near

54
Mitek Holdings · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Florida's Innovation Score is 53.6/100 (top 9% 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 Florida?

Each dot is one of Florida’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). Florida’s own 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 17.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Florida's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Florida A&M University received 39 grants versus 11 in 2015–2019 (+255% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 10 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 1. Lead class A61K accounts for 32.7% of the portfolio across 60 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Exo Imaging, Inc. (#6,143) and Gearbox, Inc. (#6,151).

Florida's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Florida A&M University moved from 21 to 22 grants (1.05x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

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What this shows Florida holds 55 patents at rank #6,147, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Florida

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,147 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Florida, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Florida ranks #1,261 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Raytrx, LLC 54 Imasen Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 54 Mitek Holdings, Inc. 54 Kistler Holding AG 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.8 here).

Zhejiang Shenghui Lighting Co., Ltd. 12.8 avg Humax Co., Ltd. 12.8 avg Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd. 12.8 avg Fresenius Vial SAS 12.9 avg

Florida's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 9% higher than 91% 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.

View data table

Florida A&M University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	3.6%
2016	1	1.8%
2017	1	1.8%
2018	3	5.5%
2019	4	7.3%
2020	9	16.4%
2021	8	14.5%
2022	6	10.9%
2023	6	10.9%
2024	10	18.2%
2025partial year	5	9.1%

Which technologies does Florida A&M University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 18

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 9

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 6

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 5

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 4

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 3

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 3

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 3

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 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 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 3

Top 15 of 60 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

Florida A&M University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Florida A&M University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 32.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #6,145 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Florida A&M University against Exo Imaging, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.6/100 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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