Where does Howard University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Howard University ranks #5,160 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 Howard University hold?

Howard University holds 67 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 64 technology areas.

What is Howard University's Innovation Score?

Howard University has an Innovation Score of 57.8 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Howard University focus on?

Howard University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 30 patents, ranking #768 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 64 CPC subclasses total.

Is Howard University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Howard University's recent grant velocity is -15% 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 Howard University's patents?

Howard University's patents average 15.1 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 Howard 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

Howard University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 67 granted patents across 64 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, Howard ranks #5,160 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 67 patents across 64 technology areas.

#5,160
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.8/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -15%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5160 · US Corporation #5,160 · 67 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 67 grants
UPPER-Q #5,160/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GeoFrenzy
CPC-WIDE A61K · 64 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -15% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GeoFrenzy, 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 Howard’s 57.8 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 14.6 pts (25%) Velocity 9.2 pts (16%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
HCL · near

58
Howard University · this assignee

58
Hunan Brunp EV… · near

58
Silanna UV Pte · near

58
Solvay Specialty… · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Howard's Innovation Score is 57.8/100 (top 5% 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 Howard?

Each dot is one of Howard’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). Howard’s own 15.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Howard's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Howard University received 29 grants versus 34 in 2015–2019 (-15% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 10 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 2. Lead class A61K accounts for 44.8% of the portfolio across 64 subclasses. Volume neighbours: GN Resound A/S (#5,157) and Keysight Technologies Singapore (HOLDINGS) PTE. Ltd. (#5,165).

Howard's three-year grant acceleration

Howard University shows 22 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

GN Resound A/S

67
Geofrenzy

67
Hyosung TNS

67
Hangzhou Haicun I…

67
Humana

67
IGT Global Soulut…

67
Inventec Applianc…

67
Keysight Singapor…

67
Howard University ◀

67

What this shows Howard holds 67 patents at rank #5,161, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Howard

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,161 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Howard, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Howard ranks #768 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Silanna UV Technologies Pte Ltd 58 Hunan Brunp EV Recycling Co., Ltd. 58 HCL Technologies Limited 58 Solvay Specialty Polymers Italy S.P.A. 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.1 here).

Kyphon SÀRL 15.1 avg Entrust Datacard Corporation 15.1 avg Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. 15.1 avg Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 15.1 avg

Howard's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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

Howard University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	10.4%
2016	10	14.9%
2017	4	6.0%
2018	4	6.0%
2019	9	13.4%
2020	5	7.5%
2021	2	3.0%
2022	6	9.0%
2023	10	14.9%
2024	6	9.0%
2025partial year	4	6.0%

Which technologies does Howard University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 30

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 15

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 10

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 6

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 5

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

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 5

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 4

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

Top 15 of 64 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Howard University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 44.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #5,160 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Howard University against GN Resound A/S, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.