Where does Mississippi State University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mississippi State University ranks #6,566 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 Mississippi State University hold?

Mississippi State University holds 51 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 59 technology areas.

What is Mississippi State University's Innovation Score?

Mississippi State University has an Innovation Score of 59.9 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Mississippi State University focus on?

Mississippi State University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 14 patents, ranking #1,619 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 59 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mississippi State University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mississippi State University's recent grant velocity is +23% 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 Mississippi State University's patents?

Mississippi State University's patents average 16.1 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 Mississippi State 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 US Corporation

Mississippi State University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 51 granted patents across 59 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, Mississippi ranks #6,566 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 51 patents across 59 technology areas.

#6,566
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.9/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: +23%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6566 · US Corporation #6,566 · 51 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 51 grants
UPPER-Q #6,566/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Methode
CPC-WIDE A61K · 59 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +23% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Methode Electronics, 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 Mississippi’s 59.9 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 13.6 pts (23%) Velocity 11.5 pts (19%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
China National… · near

60
Kemira OYJ · near

60
Mississippi State… · this assignee

60
Research Triangle… · near

60
Organo · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mississippi's Innovation Score is 59.9/100 (top 4% 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 Mississippi?

Each dot is one of Mississippi’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). Mississippi’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Mississippi's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Mississippi State University received 27 grants versus 22 in 2015–2019 (+23% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 8 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 3. Lead class A61K accounts for 27.5% of the portfolio across 59 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Methode Electronics, Inc. (#6,564) and National Oilwell Varco Norway AS (#6,572).

Mississippi's three-year grant acceleration

Mississippi State University shows 19 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Methode

51
Mettler-toledo (C…

51
Miba Sinter Austr…

51
Microsemi

51
Neopost

51
Nissin Foods Hold…

51
Nantbio

51
National Oilwell…

51
Mississippi State… ◀

51

What this shows Mississippi holds 51 patents at rank #6,568, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mississippi

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,568 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mississippi, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Mississippi ranks #1,619 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Research Triangle Institute 60 Kemira OYJ 60 Organo Corporation 60 China National Petroleum Corporation 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.1 here).

Wits Co., Ltd. 16.1 avg Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation 16.1 avg Trinity Bay Equipment Holdings, LLC 16.1 avg Fina Technology, Inc. 16.1 avg

Mississippi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 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

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

Mississippi State University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	7.8%
2016	5	9.8%
2017	6	11.8%
2018	4	7.8%
2019	3	5.9%
2020	4	7.8%
2021	4	7.8%
2022	7	13.7%
2023	4	7.8%
2024	8	15.7%
2025partial year	2	3.9%

Which technologies does Mississippi State University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 14

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 8

C07K - Peptides 8

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 7

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 5

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

C12Y - Enzymes 3

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 3

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

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 3

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 3

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 3

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 3

Top 15 of 59 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

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

Mississippi State University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 27.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #6,566 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mississippi State University against Methode Electronics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.9/100 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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