Where does Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS) rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS) ranks #3,479 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 Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS) hold?

Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS) holds 106 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 95 technology areas.

What is Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS)'s Innovation Score?

Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS) has an Innovation Score of 64.6 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS) focus on?

Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS)'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 23 patents, ranking #684 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 95 CPC subclasses total.

Is Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS)'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS)'s recent grant velocity is +4% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS)'s patents?

Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS)'s patents average 17.5 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

Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS)

Q: How is the Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS) 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 - 106 granted patents across 95 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Indian ranks #3,479 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 106 patents across 95 technology areas.

#3,479
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.6/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: +4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3479 · Foreign Corporation #3,479 · 106 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 106 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,479/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH FCI USA
CPC-WIDE H04W · 95 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: FCI USA LLC (±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 Indian’s 64.6 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 16.1 pts (25%) Velocity 13.0 pts (20%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Eagle Technology · near

65
Indian Institute OF… · this assignee

65
Anhui University · near

65
Nordic Semiconductor… · near

65
Sony Computer… · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Indian's Innovation Score is 64.6/100 (top 2% 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 Indian?

Each dot is one of Indian’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). Indian’s own 17.5 claims/patent is at or below the 17.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Indian's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS) received 47 grants versus 45 in 2015–2019 (+4% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 17 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 4. Lead class H04W accounts for 21.7% of the portfolio across 95 subclasses. Volume neighbours: FCI USA LLC (#3,475) and Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation (#3,483).

Indian's three-year grant acceleration

Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS) shows 37 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

FCI USA

106
Festool

106
Fujifilm Material…

106
Hadasit Medical R…

106
Lupin

106
Poet Research

106
Shenzhen Yinwang…

106
Shibaura Mechatro…

106
Indian Institute… ◀

106

What this shows Indian holds 106 patents at rank #3,479, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Indian

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,479 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Indian, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), Indian ranks #684 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Nordic Semiconductor ASA 65 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 65 Anhui University 65 Eagle Technology, LLC 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.5 here).

Concept Laser, GmbH 17.5 avg Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG 17.5 avg Board OF Regents OF THE University OF Nebraska 17.5 avg K2M, Inc. 17.5 avg

Indian's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	7.5%
2016	7	6.6%
2017	4	3.8%
2018	17	16.0%
2019	9	8.5%
2020	5	4.7%
2021	5	4.7%
2022	15	14.2%
2023	9	8.5%
2024	13	12.3%
2025partial year	14	13.2%

Which technologies does Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS) patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 23

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 22

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 16

H04B - Transmission 14

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 13

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 9

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 9

F23R - Generating Combustion Products OF High Pressure OR High Velocity, e.g. Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers 7

H04J - Multiplex Communication 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 6

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

F23N - Regulating OR Controlling Combustion 5

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 5

Top 15 of 95 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

Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS)'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS)'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 21.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #3,479 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS) against FCI USA LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.6/100 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

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.