Where does Ndsu Research Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ndsu Research Foundation ranks #4,781 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 Ndsu Research Foundation hold?

Ndsu Research Foundation holds 73 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 87 technology areas.

What is Ndsu Research Foundation's Innovation Score?

Ndsu Research Foundation has an Innovation Score of 55.9 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ndsu Research Foundation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ndsu Research Foundation's recent grant velocity is -21% 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 Ndsu Research Foundation's patents?

Ndsu Research Foundation's patents average 18.3 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 Ndsu Research Foundation 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

Ndsu Research Foundation

Q: What technology areas does Ndsu Research Foundation focus on?

Ndsu Research Foundation's top technology area is C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor) with 28 patents, ranking #118 of 1,818 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 87 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 73 granted patents across 87 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: C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ndsu ranks #4,781 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 73 patents across 87 technology areas.

#4,781
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (55.9/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: -21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4781 · US Corporation #4,781 · 73 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 73 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,781/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kaseya
CPC-WIDE C09D · 87 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kaseya Limited (±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 Ndsu’s 55.9 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 14.9 pts (27%) Velocity 5.1 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Clemson University… · near

56
Ndsu Research… · this assignee

56
NOK · near

56
Purac Biochem BV · near

56
UNIVERSITÉ D'aix-mar… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ndsu's Innovation Score is 55.9/100 (top 6% 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 Ndsu?

Each dot is one of Ndsu’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). Ndsu’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Ndsu's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Ndsu Research Foundation received 30 grants versus 38 in 2015–2019 (-21% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 12 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 3. Lead class C09D accounts for 38.4% of the portfolio across 87 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Kaseya Limited (#4,777) and Pride Mobility Products Corporation (#4,785).

Ndsu's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Ndsu Research Foundation moved from 21 to 16 grants (0.76x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Kaseya

73
Ledil OY

73
LMS

73
Murakami

73
Nerviano Medical…

73
Purdue Pharmaceut…

73
Performance Desig…

73
Pride Mobility Pr…

73
Ndsu Research Fou… ◀

73

What this shows Ndsu holds 73 patents at rank #4,781, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ndsu

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,781 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09D (Coating Compositions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ndsu, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C09D (Coating Compositions), Ndsu ranks #118 of 1,818 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

NOK Corporation 56 Clemson University Research Foundation 56 Purac Biochem BV 56 UNIVERSITÉ D'aix-marseille 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.3 here).

Banner Engineering Corp. 18.3 avg Imperial College Innovations Ltd 18.3 avg Creo Medical Limited 18.3 avg ZF CV Systems Global GmbH 18.3 avg

Ndsu's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Ndsu Research Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	9.6%
2016	6	8.2%
2017	12	16.4%
2018	6	8.2%
2019	7	9.6%
2020	11	15.1%
2021	3	4.1%
2022	3	4.1%
2023	8	11.0%
2024	5	6.8%
2025partial year	5	6.8%

Which technologies does Ndsu Research Foundation patent most?

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 28

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 27

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 12

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 12

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 11

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 10

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 6

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 5

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 4

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

H04B - Transmission 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

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 3

Top 15 of 87 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

Ndsu Research Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ndsu Research Foundation's lead technology class is C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi), 38.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09D
Ranked #4,781 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ndsu Research Foundation against Kaseya Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.9/100 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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