Where does National University Corporation Kobe University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), National University Corporation Kobe University ranks #3,684 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 National University Corporation Kobe University hold?

National University Corporation Kobe University holds 99 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 88 technology areas.

What is National University Corporation Kobe University's Innovation Score?

National University Corporation Kobe University has an Innovation Score of 53.5 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%).

Is National University Corporation Kobe University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

National University Corporation Kobe University's recent grant velocity is +74% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for National University Corporation Kobe University's patents?

National University Corporation Kobe University's patents average 10.8 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 Foreign Corporation

National University Corporation Kobe University

Q: What technology areas does National University Corporation Kobe University focus on?

National University Corporation Kobe University's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 24 patents, ranking #618 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 88 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the National University Corporation Kobe 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 PatentsView assignee record - 99 granted patents across 88 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #3,684 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 99 patents across 88 technology areas.

#3,684
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.5/100): 10.8
avg claims per patent: +74%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3684 · Foreign Corporation #3,684 · 99 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 99 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,684/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ESS Tech
CPC-WIDE G01N · 88 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +74% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ESS Tech, 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 National’s 53.5 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 15.9 pts (30%) Velocity 6.1 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Thomson Reuters… · near

53
DP · near

53
Indigo · near

53
National University… · this assignee

53
Universite de Lorraine · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows National's Innovation Score is 53.5/100 (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 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 10.8 claims/patent is at or below the 13.3 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.

How National's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, National University Corporation Kobe University received 54 grants versus 31 in 2015–2019 (+74% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 14 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 4. Lead class G01N accounts for 24.2% of the portfolio across 88 subclasses. Volume neighbours: ESS Tech, Inc. (#3,680) and Sugino Machine Limited (#3,688).

National's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, National University Corporation Kobe University moved from 33 to 30 grants (0.91x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

ESS Tech

99
Exel Industries

99
Fidelity Informat…

99
Jeld-wen

99
OVH

99
Qualcomm Internat…

99
Shandong Universi…

99
Sugino Machine

99
National Universi… ◀

99

What this shows National holds 99 patents at rank #3,684, 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 #3,684 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for National, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), National ranks #618 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

DP Technologies, Inc. 53 Universite de Lorraine 53 Indigo Ag, Inc. 53 Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.8 here).

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation 10.8 avg Takasago International Corporation 10.8 avg Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation 10.8 avg Nikola Corporation 10.8 avg

National'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 · 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 University Corporation Kobe University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	7.1%
2016	4	4.0%
2017	5	5.1%
2018	6	6.1%
2019	9	9.1%
2020	14	14.1%
2021	10	10.1%
2022	8	8.1%
2023	10	10.1%
2024	12	12.1%
2025partial year	14	14.1%

Which technologies does National University Corporation Kobe University patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 24

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 21

C07K - Peptides 15

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 13

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 11

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 11

C12Y - Enzymes 10

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 7

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 7

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 7

B01D - Separation 6

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 5

Top 15 of 88 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 University Corporation Kobe University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

National University Corporation Kobe University's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 24.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #3,684 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare National University Corporation Kobe University against ESS Tech, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.5/100 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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