Where does Nantes Universite rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nantes Universite ranks #21,487 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 Nantes Universite hold?

Nantes Universite holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Nantes Universite's Innovation Score?

Nantes Universite has an Innovation Score of 53.4 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nantes Universite focus on?

Nantes Universite's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 7 patents, ranking #3,032 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nantes Universite's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Nantes Universite.

What does claim depth mean for Nantes Universite's patents?

Nantes Universite's patents average 13.5 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 Nantes Universite 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

Nantes Universite

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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, Nantes ranks #21,487 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 21 technology areas.

#21,487
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.4/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21487 · Foreign Corporation #21,487 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,487/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Motedata
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Motedata Corporation (±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 Nantes’s 53.4 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 9.1 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (37%) Breadth 16.2 pts (30%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nantes Universite · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Nantes's Innovation Score is 53.4/100 (top 9% 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 Nantes?

Each dot is one of Nantes’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). Nantes’s own 13.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nantes's grants concentrate

Nantes Universite is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 53.8% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Nantes sits between Motedata Corporation and Navitaire LLC.

Nantes's three-year grant acceleration

Nantes Universite shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Motedata

13
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National Institut…

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Nationz

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Navitaire

13
Nantes Universite ◀

13

What this shows Nantes holds 13 patents at rank #21,482, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nantes

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,482 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Nantes's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nantes Universite patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	1	7.7%
2023	3	23.1%
2024	5	38.5%
2025partial year	4	30.8%

Which technologies does Nantes Universite patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

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

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 4

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 3

C07K - Peptides 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

C23F - Non-mechanical Removal OF Metallic Material From Surface ; Inhibiting Corrosion OF Metallic Material OR Incrustation IN GENERAL; Multi-step Processes FOR Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material Involving AT Least ONE Process Provided FOR IN Class C23 AND AT Least ONE Process Covered BY Subclass C21d 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 2

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 2

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 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Nantes Universite's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nantes Universite's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 53.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #21,487 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nantes Universite against Motedata Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.4/100 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.