Where does King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals ranks #203 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 Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals hold?

King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals holds 2,002 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 264 technology areas.

What is King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals's Innovation Score?

King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals has an Innovation Score of 69.1 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals's recent grant velocity is +10% 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 King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals's patents?

King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals's patents average 13.0 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 Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals

Q: What technology areas does King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals focus on?

King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals's top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 351 patents, ranking #7 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 264 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals 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 - 2,002 granted patents across 264 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 #203 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,002 patents across 264 technology areas.

#203
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (69.1/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: +10%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R203 · Foreign Corporation #203 · 2,002 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 2.0K grants
TOP-DECILE #203/49,997
NEAR-PEER Pratt & Whitney Canada
CPC-BROAD B01J · 264 areas
INNOV-STRONG 69.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +10% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (±6 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 69.1 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 26.3 pts (38%) Velocity 10.0 pts (14%) Breadth 25.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tencent Technology… · near

69
Toppan · near

69
Asml Netherlands B V · near

69
eBay · near

69
King Fahd University… · this assignee

69
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows King's Innovation Score is 69.1/100 (top 1% 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 13.0 claims/patent is at or below the 17.1 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 Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals received 944 grants versus 857 in 2015–2019 (+10% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 264 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 101. Lead class B01J accounts for 17.5% of the portfolio across 264 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Broadcom Corporation (#199) and Facebook Technologies, LLC (#207).

King's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals moved from 472 to 709 grants (1.50x 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 #447. See the growth leaderboard.

Broadcom

2,041
Mastercard Intern…

2,038
IGT

2,014
Pratt & Whitney C…

2,008
King Fahd Univers… ◀

2,002
Subaru

1,977
Lam Research

1,965
Magic Leap

1,959
Facebook

1,950

What this shows King holds 2,002 patents at rank #203, 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 #203 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 #7 of 2,755 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (69 here).

eBay Inc. 69 Asml Netherlands B.V. 69 Tencent Technology (SHENZHEN) Company Limited 69 Toppan Inc. 69

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.0 here).

Korea Advanced Institute OF Science AND Technology 13.0 avg VIB VZW 13.0 avg Robert Bosch GmbH 13.0 avg Interface Technology (ChengDu) Co., Ltd. 13.0 avg

King's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

69 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	117	5.8%
2016	101	5.0%
2017	182	9.1%
2018	220	11.0%
2019	237	11.8%
2020	134	6.7%
2021	101	5.0%
2022	232	11.6%
2023	213	10.6%
2024	264	13.2%
2025partial year	201	10.0%

Which technologies does King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 351

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 246

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 214

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 195

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 188

B01D - Separation 181

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 175

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 137

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 131

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 129

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 115

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 100

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 93

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 90

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 88

Top 15 of 264 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 Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals's lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 17.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #203 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals against Broadcom Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 69.1/100 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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