Where does Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine ranks #10,061 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine's Innovation Score?

Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine has an Innovation Score of 50.0 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine focus on?

Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 14 patents, ranking #1,252 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

Is Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine's recent grant velocity is +186% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine's patents?

Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine's patents average 23.1 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine

Q: How many patents does Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine hold?

Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

Q: How is the Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine 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 PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 34 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Imperial ranks #10,061 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 34 technology areas.

#10,061
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (50.0/100): 23.1
avg claims per patent: +186%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10061 · Foreign Corporation #10,061 · 31 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,061/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hefei Visionox…
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +186% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hefei Visionox Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Imperial’s 50.0 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 12.0 pts (24%) Velocity 3.6 pts (7%) Breadth 20.6 pts (41%) Claim depth 13.8 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE · near

50
Foster-Miller · near

50
Imperial College OF… · this assignee

50
Steelseries ApS · near

50
Suzhou China Star… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Imperial's Innovation Score is 50.0/100 (top 14% 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 Imperial?

Each dot is one of Imperial’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). Imperial’s own 23.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Imperial's grants concentrate

Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 45.2% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Imperial sits between Hefei Visionox Technology Co., Ltd. and Industrial Scientific Corporation.

Imperial's three-year grant acceleration

Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Hefei Visionox Te…

31
Hitachi Systems

31
Hope Medical Ente…

31
III Holdings 4

31
Innerworkings

31
Illumina Singapor…

31
Inpro

31
Industrial Scient…

31
Imperial College… ◀

31

What this shows Imperial holds 31 patents at rank #10,060, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Imperial

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,060 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Imperial, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Imperial ranks #1,252 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE 50 Foster-Miller, Inc. 50 Suzhou China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 50 Steelseries ApS 50

Imperial's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 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

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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Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.2%
2016	1	3.2%
2017	2	6.5%
2019	3	9.7%
2020	7	22.6%
2021	5	16.1%
2022	6	19.4%
2023	1	3.2%
2024	1	3.2%
2025partial year	4	12.9%

Which technologies does Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 14

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 4

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 2

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

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 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 1

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 1

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

Top 15 of 34 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

Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 45.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #10,061 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine against Hefei Visionox Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.0/100 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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