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Inter-university Research Institute Coporation National Institutes OF Natural Sciences

Q: Where does Inter-university Research Institute Coporation National Institutes OF Natural Sciences rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Inter-university Research Institute Coporation National Institutes OF Natural Sciences ranks #8,614 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the Inter-university Research Institute Coporation National Institutes OF Natural Sciences 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 - 37 granted patents across 44 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Inter-university ranks #8,614 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 44 technology areas.

#8,614
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.0/100): 12.5
avg claims per patent: -41%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8614 · Foreign Corporation #8,614 · 37 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,614/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH IBC Pharmaceuticals
CPC-WIDE H01S · 44 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -41% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: IBC Pharmaceuticals, 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 Inter-university’s 48.0 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 12.6 pts (26%) Velocity 4.4 pts (9%) Breadth 23.5 pts (49%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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European Molecular… · near

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Inter-university… · this assignee

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KEY Foundry · near

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PIC · near

48
Toyo Tire & Rubber · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Inter-university's Innovation Score is 48.0/100 (top 17% 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 Inter-university?

Each dot is one of Inter-university’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). Inter-university’s own 12.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Inter-university's grants concentrate

Inter-university Research Institute Coporation National Institutes OF Natural Sciences is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 29.7% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Inter-university sits between IBC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Johnson Level & Tool Mfg. Co., Inc..

Inter-university's three-year grant acceleration

Inter-university Research Institute Coporation National Institutes OF Natural Sciences shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

IBC Pharmaceutica…

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ILI Technology

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Infinitum Electric

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Inductotherm

37
Institute of Opti…

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Junkosha

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Johnson Level & T…

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Inter-university… ◀

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What this shows Inter-university holds 37 patents at rank #8,612, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Inter-university

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,612 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimu…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Inter-university's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Inter-university, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimu…), Inter-university ranks #128 of 855 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

KEY Foundry Co., Ltd. 48 PIC Corporation 48 Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. 48 European Molecular Biology Laboratory 48

Inter-university's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% 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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Inter-university Research Institute Coporation National Institutes OF Natural Sciences patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	13.5%
2016	4	10.8%
2017	2	5.4%
2018	4	10.8%
2019	7	18.9%
2020	5	13.5%
2022	2	5.4%
2023	2	5.4%
2024	4	10.8%
2025partial year	2	5.4%

Which technologies does Inter-university Research Institute Coporation National Institutes OF Natural Sciences patent most?

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 11

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 9

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 7

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 4

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 3

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 2

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 2

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 2

B28B - Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 2

Top 15 of 44 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

Inter-university Research Institute Coporation National Institutes OF Natural Sciences's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Inter-university Research Institute Coporation National Institutes OF Natural Sciences's lead technology class is 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), 29.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01S
Ranked #8,614 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Inter-university Research Institute Coporation National Institutes OF Natural Sciences against IBC Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.0/100 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

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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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