Where does King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology ranks #1,594 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 King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology hold?

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology holds 259 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 169 technology areas.

What is King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology's Innovation Score?

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology has an Innovation Score of 54.6 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology's recent grant velocity is -71% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology's patents?

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology's patents average 12.7 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

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

Q: What technology areas does King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology focus on?

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology's top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 31 patents, ranking #149 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 169 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the King Abdulaziz City for 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 - 259 granted patents across 169 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, King ranks #1,594 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 259 patents across 169 technology areas.

#1,594
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.6/100): 12.7
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1594 · Foreign Corporation #1,594 · 259 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 259 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,594/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Apex Brands
CPC-WIDE B01J · 169 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Apex Brands, 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 King’s 54.6 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 19.2 pts (35%) Velocity 2.8 pts (5%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Institut National… · near

55
Karlsruher Institut… · near

55
Ambu A/S · near

55
King Abdulaziz City… · this assignee

55
Know Bio · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows King's Innovation Score is 54.6/100 (top 8% 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 King?

Each dot is one of King’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). King’s own 12.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How King's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology received 57 grants versus 200 in 2015–2019 (-71% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 71 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 5. Lead class B01J accounts for 12% of the portfolio across 169 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Thermo Fisher Scientific (BREMEN) GMBH (#1,590) and Unify GmbH & Co. KG (#1,598).

King's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology moved from 53 to 22 grants (0.41x 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 #2,853. See the growth leaderboard.

Thermo Fisher Sci…

260
Apex Brands

259
Endress+Hauser Co…

259
Intel Deutschland

259
Momentive Perform…

259
Sony Computer Ent…

259
Thermo Finnigan

259
Unify & KG

259
King Abdulaziz Ci… ◀

259

What this shows King holds 259 patents at rank #1,594, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near King

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,594 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for King, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes), King ranks #149 of 2,755 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Ambu A/S 55 Know Bio, LLC 55 Karlsruher Institut FÜR Technologie 55 Institut National D'optique 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.7 here).

Sivantos Pte. Ltd. 12.7 avg Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH 12.7 avg Soclean, Inc. 12.7 avg Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage 12.7 avg

King's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	71	27.4%
2016	45	17.4%
2017	45	17.4%
2018	21	8.1%
2019	18	6.9%
2020	22	8.5%
2021	13	5.0%
2022	7	2.7%
2023	5	1.9%
2024	10	3.9%
2025partial year	2	0.8%

Which technologies does King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 31

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 29

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 28

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 24

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 19

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 19

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 18

B01D - Separation 17

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 14

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 13

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 12

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 12

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 11

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

Top 15 of 169 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

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology's lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 12% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #1,594 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology against Thermo Fisher Scientific (BREMEN) GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.6/100 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

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