Where does King Saud University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), King Saud University ranks #732 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 Saud University hold?

King Saud University holds 622 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 214 technology areas.

What is King Saud University's Innovation Score?

King Saud University has an Innovation Score of 55.5 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is King Saud University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

King Saud University's recent grant velocity is -45% 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 Saud University's patents?

King Saud University's patents average 9.0 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.

How is the King Saud University 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

King Saud University

Q: What technology areas does King Saud University focus on?

King Saud University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 127 patents. Grants appear in 214 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 622 granted patents across 214 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, King ranks #732 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 622 patents across 214 technology areas.

#732
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.5/100): 9.0
avg claims per patent: -45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R732 · Foreign Corporation #732 · 622 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 622 grants
TOP-DECILE #732/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Helen OF Troy
CPC-BROAD A61K · 214 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -45% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Helen OF Troy Limited (±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
Adeia Imaging · near

56
China University OF… · near

56
King Saud University · this assignee

56
CGG Services SAS · near

56
Conduent Business… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows King's Innovation Score is 55.5/100 (top 7% 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 King's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, King Saud University received 194 grants versus 352 in 2015–2019 (-45% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 89 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 6. Lead class A61K accounts for 20.4% of the portfolio across 214 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Spotify AB (#728) and Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. (#736).

King's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, King Saud University moved from 197 to 86 grants (0.44x 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 #2,814. See the growth leaderboard.

Spotify AB

626
Inventio

623
Siemens Medical S…

623
Helen OF Troy

622
Osram

622
King Saud Univers… ◀

622
Baxter Internatio…

620
Siemens Energy Gl…

620
Hitachi Kokusai E…

618

What this shows King holds 622 patents at rank #732, 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 #732 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

China University OF Petroleum (EAST CHINA) 56 Adeia Imaging LLC 56 Conduent Business Services, LLC 56 CGG Services SAS 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.0 here).

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 9.0 avg AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. 9.0 avg China Agricultural University 9.0 avg Zymogenetics Inc. 9.0 avg

King's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 Saud University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	43	6.9%
2016	60	9.6%
2017	73	11.7%
2018	87	14.0%
2019	89	14.3%
2020	63	10.1%
2021	45	7.2%
2022	6	1.0%
2023	24	3.9%
2024	56	9.0%
2025partial year	76	12.2%

Which technologies does King Saud University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 127

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 64

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 58

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 58

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 49

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 42

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 40

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 37

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 36

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 36

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 33

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 28

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 26

B01D - Separation 24

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 23

Top 15 of 214 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#732

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

55.5 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

King Saud University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

King Saud University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 20.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #732 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare King Saud University against Spotify AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.5/100 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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