Where does Kansas State University Research Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kansas State University Research Foundation ranks #2,931 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 Kansas State University Research Foundation hold?

Kansas State University Research Foundation holds 130 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 90 technology areas.

What is Kansas State University Research Foundation's Innovation Score?

Kansas State University Research Foundation has an Innovation Score of 58.3 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%).

Is Kansas State University Research Foundation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kansas State University Research Foundation's recent grant velocity is +28% 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 Kansas State University Research Foundation's patents?

Kansas State University Research Foundation's patents average 18.1 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 US Corporation

Kansas State University Research Foundation

Q: What technology areas does Kansas State University Research Foundation focus on?

Kansas State University Research Foundation's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 44 patents. Grants appear in 90 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Kansas State University Research Foundation 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 - 130 granted patents across 90 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, Kansas ranks #2,931 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 130 patents across 90 technology areas.

#2,931
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.3/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: +28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2931 · US Corporation #2,931 · 130 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 130 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,931/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Crown Packaging…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 90 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Crown Packaging Technology, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GE-Hitachi Nuclear… · near

58
Johnson & Johnson… · near

58
Kansas State… · this assignee

58
Kautex Textron & KG · near

58
Silicon Motion · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kansas's Innovation Score is 58.3/100 (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.

How Kansas's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Kansas State University Research Foundation received 68 grants versus 53 in 2015–2019 (+28% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 17 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 7. Lead class A61K accounts for 33.8% of the portfolio across 90 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc. (#2,927) and Self Electronics Co., Ltd. (#2,935).

Kansas's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kansas State University Research Foundation moved from 44 to 37 grants (0.84x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,684. See the growth leaderboard.

Crown Packaging T…

130
Dalian Institute…

130
Glaxo Group

130
Husky Injection M…

130
Katalyst Surgical

130
MTU Friedrichshaf…

130
Munchkin

130
Self

130
Kansas State Univ… ◀

130

What this shows Kansas holds 130 patents at rank #2,931, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kansas

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,931 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kansas, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG 58 GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC 58 Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. 58 Silicon Motion, Inc. 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. 18.1 avg Saint-gobain Abrasifs 18.1 avg LES Laboratoires Servier 18.1 avg Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company 18.1 avg

Kansas'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.

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Kansas State University Research Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	5.4%
2016	12	9.2%
2017	9	6.9%
2018	12	9.2%
2019	13	10.0%
2020	14	10.8%
2021	17	13.1%
2022	12	9.2%
2023	14	10.8%
2024	11	8.5%
2025partial year	9	6.9%

Which technologies does Kansas State University Research Foundation patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 44

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 36

C07K - Peptides 31

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 25

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 22

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 13

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 12

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 12

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 10

A23K - Fodder 9

C12Y - Enzymes 8

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 8

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

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 5

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

Top 15 of 90 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,931

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

58.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Kansas State University Research Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kansas State University Research Foundation's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 33.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #2,931 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kansas State University Research Foundation against Crown Packaging Technology, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.3/100 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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