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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology ranks #672 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

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

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology has an Innovation Score of 63.9 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%).

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

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology's recent grant velocity is +148% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology's patents average 17.1 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 Foreign Corporation

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Q: How many patents does King Abdullah University of Science and Technology hold?

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology holds 669 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 232 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does King Abdullah University of Science and Technology focus on?

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology's top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 124 patents, ranking #26 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 232 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the King Abdullah 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 - 669 granted patents across 232 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 #672 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 669 patents across 232 technology areas.

#672
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.9/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: +148%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R672 · Foreign Corporation #672 · 669 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 669 grants
TOP-DECILE #672/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ATI ULC
CPC-BROAD B01J · 232 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +148% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ATI Technologies ULC (±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 63.9 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 22.5 pts (35%) Velocity 6.2 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
King Abdullah… · this assignee

64
Lumus · near

64
Stmicroelectronics · near

64
UiPath · near

64
Yale University · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows King's Innovation Score is 63.9/100 (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 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 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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 Abdullah University of Science and Technology received 444 grants versus 179 in 2015–2019 (+148% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 102 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 13. Lead class B01J accounts for 18.5% of the portfolio across 232 subclasses. Volume neighbours: TE Connectivity Co. Ltd. (#669) and Groupon, Inc. (#677).

King's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology moved from 270 to 250 grants (0.93x 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 #1,395. See the growth leaderboard.

TE Connectivity

670
ATI ULC

669
BAE Systems

669
Kuraray

669
King Abdullah Uni… ◀

669
Socionext

668
Takeda Pharmaceut…

668
thyssenkrupp

665
Groupon

664

What this shows King holds 669 patents at rank #673, 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 #673 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 #26 of 2,755 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Stmicroelectronics, Inc. 64 UiPath, Inc. 64 Lumus Ltd. 64 Yale University 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.1 here).

Joby Aero, Inc. 17.1 avg St. Jude Medical, LLC 17.1 avg RareCyte, Inc. 17.1 avg Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. 17.1 avg

King's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 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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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	1.9%
2016	21	3.1%
2017	35	5.2%
2018	34	5.1%
2019	76	11.4%
2020	92	13.8%
2021	102	15.2%
2022	85	12.7%
2023	97	14.5%
2024	68	10.2%
2025partial year	46	6.9%

Which technologies does King Abdullah University of Science and Technology patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 124

B01D - Separation 100

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 87

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 76

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 62

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 52

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 52

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 45

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 41

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 41

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 37

H04B - Transmission 35

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 34

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 29

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 29

Top 15 of 232 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 Abdullah University of Science and Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology's lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 18.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #672 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare King Abdullah University of Science and Technology against TE Connectivity Co. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.9/100 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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