Where does Montana State University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Montana State University ranks #8,645 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 Montana State University hold?

Montana State University holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 41 technology areas.

What is Montana State University's Innovation Score?

Montana State University has an Innovation Score of 52.8 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Montana State University focus on?

Montana State University's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 8 patents, ranking #1,791 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 41 CPC subclasses total.

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

Montana State University's recent grant velocity is +19% 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 Montana State University's patents?

Montana State University's patents average 15.9 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 Montana 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

Montana State University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 41 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, Montana ranks #8,645 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 41 technology areas.

#8,645
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.8/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: +19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8645 · US Corporation #8,645 · 37 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,645/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Medallia
CPC-WIDE G01N · 41 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Medallia, 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 Montana’s 52.8 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 12.6 pts (24%) Velocity 8.0 pts (15%) Breadth 22.6 pts (43%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Anumana · near

53
Federal Cartridge · near

53
Montana State… · this assignee

53
NextInput · near

53
Yoshino Gypsum · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Montana's Innovation Score is 52.8/100 (top 10% 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 Montana?

Each dot is one of Montana’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). Montana’s own 15.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Montana's grants concentrate

Montana State University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 41 CPC subclasses with 21.6% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Montana sits between Medallia, Inc. and Nippon Sharyo, Ltd..

Montana's three-year grant acceleration

Montana State University shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Medallia

37
Midwest Industries

37
Mirati Therapeuti…

37
Moldex-metric

37
Nakanishi

37
Netafim

37
Nexion S P A

37
Nippon Sharyo

37
Montana State Uni… ◀

37

What this shows Montana holds 37 patents at rank #8,644, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Montana

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,644 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Montana, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Montana ranks #1,791 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Anumana, Inc. 53 Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd. 53 NextInput, Inc. 53 Federal Cartridge Company 53

Montana's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% 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

Montana State University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	10.8%
2016	3	8.1%
2017	3	8.1%
2018	3	8.1%
2019	3	8.1%
2020	4	10.8%
2021	3	8.1%
2022	4	10.8%
2023	2	5.4%
2024	6	16.2%
2025partial year	2	5.4%

Which technologies does Montana State University patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 7

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 6

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

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

G03H - Holographic Processes OR Apparatus 2

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 2

C07K - Peptides 2

H04B - Transmission 2

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 2

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 2

Top 15 of 41 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

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

Montana State University's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 21.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #8,645 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Montana State University against Medallia, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.