Overall rank by patents
#5,373
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 64 granted patents across 82 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: G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Kuwait ranks #5,373 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 64 patents across 82 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R5373 · Foreign Corporation #5,373 · 64 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: ICT Integrated Circuit Testing Gesellschaft Für Halbleiterprüftechnik Mbh (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Pacesetter · near
66 score
Kuwait University · this assignee
66 score
Rogers · near
66 score
Bard Access Systems · near
66 score
Aclara · near
66 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Kuwait University stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-WIDE, INNOV-STRONG, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-UP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #5,373 of 50,000; Innovation Score 66.2/100 sits in the top 1% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is ICT Integrated Circuit Testing Gesellschaft Für Halbleiterprüftechnik Mbh (±0 grants).
Kuwait University has been granted 64 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Kuwait University at #5,373 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 82 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 11.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES). As a Foreign Corporation, Kuwait University is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Kuwait sits between ICT Integrated Circuit Testing Gesellschaft Für Halbleiterprüftechnik Mbh (64 patents, rank #5,366) and Leapers, Inc. (64 patents, rank #5,374) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 66.2/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 24 grants, compared with 21 in the 2015–2019 window, a +14% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Kuwait University's 11.2 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 82 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
ICT Integrated Circuit Testing Gesellschaft für Halbleiterprüftechnik mbH
64 patents
INNOVATIVE SONIC CORPORATION
64 patents
Infoblox Inc.
64 patents
JDA Software Group, Inc.
64 patents
Knauf Gips KG
64 patents
Kunshan New Flat Panel Display Technology Center Co., Ltd.
64 patents
Kyocera AVX Components (San Diego), Inc.
64 patents
Leapers, Inc.
64 patents
KUWAIT UNIVERSITY
64 patents
What this shows Kuwait holds 64 patents at rank #5,370, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #5,370 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Kuwait's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kuwait, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.2 here).
Kuwait's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
66 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | 6.3% |
| 2016 | 2 | 3.1% |
| 2017 | 3 | 4.7% |
| 2018 | 8 | 12.5% |
| 2019 | 4 | 6.3% |
| 2020 | 2 | 3.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 1.6% |
| 2022 | 2 | 3.1% |
| 2023 | 6 | 9.4% |
| 2024 | 13 | 20.3% |
| 2025partial year | 19 | 29.7% |
Top 15 of 82 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#5,373
of 50,000 tracked assignees
66.2 out of 100
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