Overall rank by patents
#13,468
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: 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 MICR).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Hospital ranks #13,468 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 12 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R13468 · Foreign Corporation #13,468 · 22 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Hanwha Azdel, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Hospital Clínic DE B… · this assignee
33 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Hospital Clínic DE Barcelona stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #13,468 of 50,000; Innovation Score 32.7/100 sits in the top 58% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Hanwha Azdel, Inc. (±0 grants).
Hospital Clínic DE Barcelona has been granted 22 US utility patents between 2017 and 2023, placing Hospital Clínic DE Barcelona at #13,468 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 12 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 11.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in 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 MICR). As a Foreign Corporation, Hospital Clínic DE Barcelona is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Hospital sits between HGST, Inc. (22 patents, rank #13,454) and Hanwha Azdel, Inc. (22 patents, rank #13,462) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 32.7/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 15 grants, compared with 7 in the 2015–2019 window, a +114% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Hospital Clínic DE Barcelona's 11.4 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 12 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
HGST, Inc.
22 patents
HIOKI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
22 patents
HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
22 patents
HOCHLAND SE
22 patents
HUIZHOU UNIVERSITY
22 patents
HUVITZ CO., LTD.
22 patents
HYPORI, INC.
22 patents
Hanwha Azdel, Inc.
22 patents
HOSPITAL CLÍNIC DE BARCELONA
22 patents
What this shows Hospital holds 22 patents at rank #13,458, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #13,458 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Hospital's primary technology class.
Hospital's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
33 Top 58% higher than 42% of 50,000 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
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 9.1% |
| 2018 | 3 | 13.6% |
| 2019 | 2 | 9.1% |
| 2020 | 6 | 27.3% |
| 2021 | 4 | 18.2% |
| 2023 | 5 | 22.7% |
Top 12 of 12 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#13,468
of 50,000 tracked assignees
32.7 out of 100
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