Where does Morehouse School OF Medicine rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Morehouse School OF Medicine ranks #4,965 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 Morehouse School OF Medicine hold?

Morehouse School OF Medicine holds 70 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Morehouse School OF Medicine's Innovation Score?

Morehouse School OF Medicine has an Innovation Score of 41.9 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Morehouse School OF Medicine focus on?

Morehouse School OF Medicine's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 51 patents, ranking #423 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Morehouse School OF Medicine's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Morehouse School OF Medicine's recent grant velocity is +31% 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 Morehouse School OF Medicine's patents?

Morehouse School OF Medicine's patents average 12.4 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 Morehouse School OF Medicine 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

Morehouse School OF Medicine

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 70 granted patents across 18 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, Morehouse ranks #4,965 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 70 patents across 18 technology areas.

#4,965
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.9/100): 12.4
avg claims per patent: +31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4965 · US Corporation #4,965 · 70 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 70 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,965/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Leica Biosystems…
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH (±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 Morehouse’s 41.9 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 14.7 pts (35%) Velocity 4.8 pts (11%) Breadth 15.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ellenberger & Poensgen · near

42
Modular Mining Systems · near

42
Morehouse School OF… · this assignee

42
OCV Intellectual… · near

42
Transmedics · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Morehouse's Innovation Score is 41.9/100 (top 32% 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 Morehouse?

Each dot is one of Morehouse’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). Morehouse’s own 12.4 claims/patent is at or below the 13.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Morehouse's grants concentrate

Morehouse School OF Medicine is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 72.9% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Morehouse sits between Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH and NEC Corporation Of America.

Morehouse's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Morehouse School OF Medicine moved from 28 to 20 grants (0.71x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Leica Biosystems…

70
Leica Instruments…

70
Lowe's Companies

70
Lumenis

70
Mastercraft Boat

70
Namics

70
National Universi…

70
NEC Of America

70
Morehouse School… ◀

70

What this shows Morehouse holds 70 patents at rank #4,964, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Morehouse

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,964 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Morehouse, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Morehouse ranks #423 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH 42 Transmedics, Inc. 42 Modular Mining Systems, Inc. 42 OCV Intellectual Capital, LLC 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.4 here).

Haworth, Inc. 12.4 avg Sharp Display Technology Corporation 12.4 avg Industry-university Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University 12.4 avg Innoplexus AG 12.4 avg

Morehouse's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% 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.

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Morehouse School OF Medicine patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.4%
2016	5	7.1%
2017	7	10.0%
2018	6	8.6%
2019	10	14.3%
2020	9	12.9%
2021	9	12.9%
2022	10	14.3%
2023	4	5.7%
2024	6	8.6%
2025partial year	3	4.3%

Which technologies does Morehouse School OF Medicine patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 51

C07K - Peptides 43

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 37

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 26

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 23

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 17

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 12

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 10

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 9

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 6

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 4

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 4

C12Y - Enzymes 3

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Morehouse School OF Medicine's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Morehouse School OF Medicine's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 72.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #4,965 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Morehouse School OF Medicine against Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.9/100 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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