Where does National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer ranks #17,017 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer's recent grant velocity is -55% 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 National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer's patents?

National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer's patents average 15.1 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer

Q: How is the National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer 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 PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 26 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, National ranks #17,017 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 26 technology areas.

#17,017
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.4/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -55%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17017 · US Corporation #17,017 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,017/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nano One Materials
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -55% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nano One Materials Corp. (±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 National’s 50.4 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 10.0 pts (20%) Velocity 13.3 pts (26%) Breadth 18.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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National Institutes… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows National's Innovation Score is 50.4/100 (top 13% 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 National?

Each dot is one of National’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). National’s own 15.1 claims/patent is at or below the 17.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where National's grants concentrate

National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 41.2% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, National sits between NVF Tech Ltd and Neo4j Sweden AB.

National's three-year grant acceleration

National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

NVF Tech

17
Nano One Materials

17
Nantkwest

17
Napo Enterprises

17
Navvis

17
Navitor Pharmaceu…

17
Nemo Power Tools

17
Neo4j Sweden AB

17
National Institut… ◀

17

What this shows National holds 17 patents at rank #17,034, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near National

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,034 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

National's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% 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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National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	23.5%
2016	2	11.8%
2017	1	5.9%
2018	3	17.6%
2019	1	5.9%
2020	1	5.9%
2022	2	11.8%
2023	1	5.9%
2024	1	5.9%
2025partial year	1	5.9%

Which technologies does National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

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

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

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

C07K - Peptides 1

C40B - Combinatorial CHEMISTRY; Libraries, e.g. Chemical Libraries 1

Top 15 of 26 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

National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 41.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #17,017 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer against NVF Tech Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.4/100 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

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