Where does Kuwait University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kuwait University ranks #5,373 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 Kuwait University hold?

Kuwait University holds 64 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 82 technology areas.

What is Kuwait University's Innovation Score?

Kuwait University has an Innovation Score of 66.2 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%).

What technology areas does Kuwait University focus on?

Kuwait University's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 19 patents, ranking #797 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 82 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kuwait University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kuwait University's recent grant velocity is +14% 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 Kuwait University's patents?

Kuwait University's patents average 11.2 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 Kuwait 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

Kuwait University

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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kuwait ranks #5,373 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 64 patents across 82 technology areas.

#5,373
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.2/100): 11.2
avg claims per patent: +14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

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

GRANTS-SMALL 64 grants
UPPER-Q #5,373/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ICT Integrated…
CPC-WIDE G01N · 82 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

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.

How Kuwait’s 66.2 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 14.4 pts (22%) Velocity 20.0 pts (30%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Pacesetter · near

66
Kuwait University · this assignee

66
Rogers · near

66
Bard Access Systems · near

66
Aclara · near

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kuwait's Innovation Score is 66.2/100 (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 Kuwait?

Each dot is one of Kuwait’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). Kuwait’s own 11.2 claims/patent is at or below the 15.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Kuwait vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

How Kuwait's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Kuwait University received 24 grants versus 21 in 2015–2019 (+14% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 13 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 1. Lead class G01N accounts for 29.7% of the portfolio across 82 subclasses. Volume neighbours: ICT Integrated Circuit Testing Gesellschaft für Halbleiterprüftechnik mbH (#5,366) and Leapers, Inc. (#5,374).

Kuwait's three-year grant acceleration

Kuwait University shows 21 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

ICT Integrated Ci…

64
Innovative Sonic

64
Infoblox

64
JDA Software Group

64
Knauf Gips KG

64
Kunshan New Flat…

64
Kyocera AVX Compo…

64
Leapers

64
Kuwait University ◀

64

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.

Companies ranked near Kuwait

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,370 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kuwait, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Kuwait ranks #797 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

Rogers Corporation 66 Bard Access Systems, Inc. 66 Pacesetter, Inc. 66 Aclara Technologies LLC 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.2 here).

Research Cooperation Foundation OF Yeungnam University 11.2 avg Webasto SE 11.2 avg Toyo Tanso Co., Ltd. 11.2 avg Amotech Co., Ltd. 11.2 avg

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 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.

View data table

Kuwait University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
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%

Which technologies does Kuwait University patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 19

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 6

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 5

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 3

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 3

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 2

E03F - SEWERS; Cesspools 2

B01D - Separation 2

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 2

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 2

Top 15 of 82 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

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

Kuwait University's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 29.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #5,373 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kuwait University against ICT Integrated Circuit Testing Gesellschaft für Halbleiterprüftechnik mbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.2/100 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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