Where does King's College London rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), King's College London ranks #3,376 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's College London hold?

King's College London holds 110 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 45 technology areas.

What is King's College London's Innovation Score?

King's College London has an Innovation Score of 57.5 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is King's College London's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

King's College London's recent grant velocity is +109% 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's College London's patents?

King's College London's patents average 16.8 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's College London 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's College London

Q: What technology areas does King's College London focus on?

King's College London's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 38 patents. Grants appear in 45 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 110 granted patents across 45 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's ranks #3,376 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 110 patents across 45 technology areas.

#3,376
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.5/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: +109%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3376 · Foreign Corporation #3,376 · 110 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 110 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,376/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Flowserve Management
CPC-WIDE A61K · 45 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +109% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Flowserve Management Company (±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
FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-… · near

58
Acronis International · near

57
Ballogy · near

57
King's College London · this assignee

57
Nova · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows King's's Innovation Score is 57.5/100 (top 5% 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.

Where King's's grants concentrate

King's College London is a focused PatentsView assignee: 45 CPC subclasses with 34.5% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (16 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2017. By volume, King's sits between Flowserve Management Company and Op-hygiene IP GMBH.

King's's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, King's College London moved from 36 to 40 grants (1.11x 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 #939. See the growth leaderboard.

Flowserve Managem…

110
Fuelcell Energy

110
G D S P A

110
Harmonic

110
Kinze Manufacturi…

110
National Taipei U…

110
OJI Holdings

110
Op-hygiene IP

110
King's College Lo… ◀

110

What this shows King's holds 110 patents at rank #3,376, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near King's

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,376 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for King's, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Ballogy, Inc. 57 Acronis International GmbH 57 Nova Ltd. 57 FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITÄT ERLANGEN-NÜRNBERG 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.8 here).

Novomatic AG 16.8 avg The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 16.8 avg Quantcast Corporation 16.8 avg Hamilton Bonaduz AG 16.8 avg

King's's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% 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's College London patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	6.4%
2016	5	4.5%
2017	4	3.6%
2018	10	9.1%
2019	7	6.4%
2020	13	11.8%
2021	16	14.5%
2022	12	10.9%
2023	15	13.6%
2024	13	11.8%
2025partial year	8	7.3%

Which technologies does King's College London patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 38

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 28

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 28

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 21

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 21

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 20

C07K - Peptides 20

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 13

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 10

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 10

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 8

C14C - Chemical Treatment OF Hides, Skins OR Leather, e.g. Tanning, Impregnating, FINISHING; Apparatus THEREFOR; Compositions FOR Tanning 8

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 7

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 5

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 5

Top 15 of 45 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,376

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.5 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's College London's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

King's College London's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 34.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #3,376 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare King's College London against Flowserve Management Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.5/100 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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