Where does Khalifa University of Science and Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Khalifa University of Science and Technology ranks #2,502 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 Khalifa University of Science and Technology hold?

Khalifa University of Science and Technology holds 156 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 146 technology areas.

What is Khalifa University of Science and Technology's Innovation Score?

Khalifa University of Science and Technology has an Innovation Score of 60.3 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Khalifa University of Science and Technology focus on?

Khalifa University of Science and Technology's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 21 patents, ranking #851 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 146 CPC subclasses total.

Is Khalifa University of Science and Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Khalifa University of Science and Technology's recent grant velocity is +185% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Khalifa University of Science and Technology's patents?

Khalifa University of Science and Technology's patents average 17.2 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

Khalifa University of Science and Technology

Q: How is the Khalifa University of Science and Technology 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 - 156 granted patents across 146 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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, Khalifa ranks #2,502 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 156 patents across 146 technology areas.

#2,502
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.3/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +185%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2502 · Foreign Corporation #2,502 · 156 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 156 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,502/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Applied Biosystems
CPC-WIDE A61B · 146 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +185% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Applied Biosystems, 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 Khalifa’s 60.3 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 17.5 pts (29%) Velocity 7.5 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Khalifa University… · this assignee

60
OTI Lumionics · near

60
Universitat… · near

60
University OF Wyoming · near

60
Wuyi University · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Khalifa's Innovation Score is 60.3/100 (top 3% 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 Khalifa?

Each dot is one of Khalifa’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). Khalifa’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Khalifa's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Khalifa University of Science and Technology received 97 grants versus 34 in 2015–2019 (+185% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 25 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 6. Lead class A61B accounts for 13.5% of the portfolio across 146 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Applied Biosystems, LLC (#2,498) and Streamlight, Inc. (#2,506).

Khalifa's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Khalifa University of Science and Technology moved from 54 to 61 grants (1.13x 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 #902. See the growth leaderboard.

Applied Biosystems

156
B1 Institute OF I…

156
Cyberark Software

156
Dignity Health

156
MS

156
National Chung Ch…

156
National Applied…

156
Streamlight

156
Khalifa Universit… ◀

156

What this shows Khalifa holds 156 patents at rank #2,502, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Khalifa

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,502 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Khalifa, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Khalifa ranks #851 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

University OF Wyoming 60 Wuyi University 60 OTI Lumionics Inc. 60 Universitat POLITÉCNICA DE Catalunya 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

Soraa, Inc. 17.2 avg Shanghai Cambricon Information Technology Co., Ltd. 17.2 avg Airbus Helicopters 17.2 avg SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. 17.2 avg

Khalifa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Khalifa University of Science and Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	6	3.8%
2018	10	6.4%
2019	18	11.5%
2020	17	10.9%
2021	19	12.2%
2022	19	12.2%
2023	17	10.9%
2024	25	16.0%
2025partial year	25	16.0%

Which technologies does Khalifa University of Science and Technology patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 21

B01D - Separation 16

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 13

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 12

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 12

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 8

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 8

H04B - Transmission 8

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 7

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 7

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 6

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 6

Top 15 of 146 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

Khalifa University of Science and Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Khalifa University of Science and Technology's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 13.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #2,502 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Khalifa University of Science and Technology against Applied Biosystems, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.3/100 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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