Where does Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited ranks #22,888 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited's Innovation Score?

Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited has an Innovation Score of 33.5 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited focus on?

Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 4 patents, ranking #4,709 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited's patents?

Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited's patents average 15.3 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

Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited

Q: How many patents does Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited hold?

Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 16 technology areas.

Q: How is the Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited 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 - 12 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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, Lancaster ranks #22,888 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 16 technology areas.

#22,888
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.5/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22888 · Foreign Corporation #22,888 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,888/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Laboratory Skin Care
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Laboratory Skin Care, Inc. (±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 Lancaster’s 33.5 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 8.9 pts (27%) Velocity 1.3 pts (4%) Breadth 14.1 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Lancaster University… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Lancaster's Innovation Score is 33.5/100 (45th percentile 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 Lancaster?

Each dot is one of Lancaster’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). Lancaster’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lancaster's grants concentrate

Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Lancaster sits between Laboratory Skin Care, Inc. and Lifeline Systems Company.

Lancaster's three-year grant acceleration

Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

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What this shows Lancaster holds 12 patents at rank #22,903, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lancaster

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,903 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Lancaster's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	16.7%
2017	2	16.7%
2018	2	16.7%
2019	3	25.0%
2021	2	16.7%
2022	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 3

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 2

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 1

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1

G11C - Static Stores 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

C07K - Peptides 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H03F - Amplifiers 1

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #22,888 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited against Laboratory Skin Care, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.5/100 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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