Where does Nanyang Technological University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nanyang Technological University ranks #945 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 Nanyang Technological University hold?

Nanyang Technological University holds 468 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 207 technology areas.

What is Nanyang Technological University's Innovation Score?

Nanyang Technological University has an Innovation Score of 61.0 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nanyang Technological University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nanyang Technological University's recent grant velocity is -20% 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 Nanyang Technological University's patents?

Nanyang Technological University's patents average 16.9 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 Nanyang Technological 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 Foreign Corporation

Nanyang Technological University

Q: What technology areas does Nanyang Technological University focus on?

Nanyang Technological University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 55 patents. Grants appear in 207 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 468 granted patents across 207 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, Nanyang ranks #945 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 468 patents across 207 technology areas.

#945
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.0/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R945 · Foreign Corporation #945 · 468 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 468 grants
TOP-DECILE #945/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ramot at Tel-Aviv…
CPC-BROAD A61K · 207 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Autonetworks · near

61
Metso Outotec… · near

61
Nanyang Technologica… · this assignee

61
Tula eTechnology · near

61
Fidlock · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nanyang's Innovation Score is 61.0/100 (top 3% 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.

How Nanyang's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Nanyang Technological University received 198 grants versus 247 in 2015–2019 (-20% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 60 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 20. Lead class A61K accounts for 11.8% of the portfolio across 207 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Adeia Guides Inc. (#941) and Siemens Healthineers AG (#949).

Nanyang's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nanyang Technological University moved from 152 to 106 grants (0.70x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,161. See the growth leaderboard.

Adeia Guides

470
Directv

469
Nordson

469
Varian Semiconduc…

469
Ramot at Tel-aviv…

468
Nanyang Technolog… ◀

468
Ibiden

467
Phison

466
Siemens Healthine…

466

What this shows Nanyang holds 468 patents at rank #945, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nanyang

By rank, the assignees closest to #945 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nanyang, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. 61 Tula eTechnology, Inc. 61 Metso Outotec Finland Oy 61 Fidlock GMBH 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.9 here).

Hgst Netherlands, B.V. 16.9 avg Coretronic Corporation 16.9 avg Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 16.9 avg AFL Telecommunications LLC 16.9 avg

Nanyang's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Nanyang Technological University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	32	6.8%
2016	49	10.5%
2017	52	11.1%
2018	54	11.5%
2019	60	12.8%
2020	49	10.5%
2021	43	9.2%
2022	42	9.0%
2023	20	4.3%
2024	44	9.4%
2025partial year	23	4.9%

Which technologies does Nanyang Technological University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 55

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 52

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 52

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 49

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 41

C07K - Peptides 33

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 30

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 30

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 29

B01D - Separation 28

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 25

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 24

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 24

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 23

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 23

Top 15 of 207 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#945

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Nanyang Technological University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nanyang Technological University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 11.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #945 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nanyang Technological University against Adeia Guides Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.0/100 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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