Where does New Mexico Tech Research Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), New Mexico Tech Research Foundation ranks #41,925 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 New Mexico Tech Research Foundation hold?

New Mexico Tech Research Foundation holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is New Mexico Tech Research Foundation's Innovation Score?

New Mexico Tech Research Foundation has an Innovation Score of 29.3 out of 100 (30th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does New Mexico Tech Research Foundation focus on?

New Mexico Tech Research Foundation's top technology area is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds) with 2 patents, ranking #2,199 of 3,165 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is New Mexico Tech Research Foundation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

New Mexico Tech Research Foundation's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 New Mexico Tech Research Foundation's patents?

New Mexico Tech Research Foundation's patents average 15.5 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 New Mexico Tech 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

New Mexico Tech Research Foundation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. 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: C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, New ranks #41,925 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 14 technology areas.

#41,925
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.3/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41925 · US Corporation #41,925 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,925/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH New AeroFarms
CPC-FOCUS C07D · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: New AeroFarms, 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 New’s 29.3 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 6.7 pts (23%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.2 pts (45%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (32%)

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What this shows New's Innovation Score is 29.3/100 (30th percentile 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 New?

Each dot is one of New’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). New’s own 15.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where New's grants concentrate

New Mexico Tech Research Foundation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, New sits between New AeroFarms, Inc. and NewPhotonics Ltd..

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What this shows New holds 6 patents at rank #41,978, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near New

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,978 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds)

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

New's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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New Mexico Tech Research Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	50.0%
2017	2	33.3%
2018	1	16.7%

Which technologies does New Mexico Tech Research Foundation patent most?

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

B01D - Separation 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 1

C22C - Alloys 1

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 1

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

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 14 of 14 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

New Mexico Tech Research Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

New Mexico Tech Research Foundation's lead technology class is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07D
Ranked #41,925 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare New Mexico Tech Research Foundation against New AeroFarms, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.3/100 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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