North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 47 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, North ranks #9,574 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 47 technology areas.
- #9,574
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 12%
- by Innovation Score (50.8/100)
- 16.5
- avg claims per patent
- -12%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R9574 · US Corporation #9,574 · 33 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
- UPPER-Q #9,574/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Narus
- CPC-WIDE A61K · 47 areas
- INNOV-PAR 50.8/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-DOWN -12% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Narus, 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 North’s 50.8 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around North
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- ATI Industrial… · near
ATI Industrial… · near
51 score
- North Carolina… · this assignee
North Carolina… · this assignee
51 score
- Supersonic Imagine · near
Supersonic Imagine · near
51 score
- Troxler Laboratories · near
Troxler Laboratories · near
51 score
- Safe Foods · near
Safe Foods · near
51 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows North's Innovation Score is 50.8/100 (top 12% 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 North?
Each dot is one of North’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). North’s own 16.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where North's grants concentrate
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 47 CPC subclasses with 24.2% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, North sits between Narus, Inc. and Oslo Universitetssykehus.
North's three-year grant acceleration
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.
Who files at North's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Narus
Narus, Inc.
33 patents
- National Institut…
National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
33 patents
- Neotract
NeoTract, Inc.
33 patents
- Nomadix
Nomadix, Inc.
33 patents
- Novozymes North A…
Novozymes North America Inc.
33 patents
- Oculeve
Oculeve, Inc.
33 patents
- Osaka City Univer…
Osaka City University
33 patents
- Oslo Universitets…
Oslo Universitetssykehus
33 patents
- North Carolina Ag… ◀
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
33 patents
What this shows North holds 33 patents at rank #9,573, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near North
By rank, the assignees closest to #9,573 in granted patent volume.
- Narus, Inc. #9,569 · 33 patents
- National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology #9,570 · 33 patents
- NeoTract, Inc. #9,571 · 33 patents
- Nomadix, Inc. #9,572 · 33 patents
- Novozymes North America Inc. #9,574 · 33 patents
- Oculeve, Inc. #9,575 · 33 patents
- Osaka City University #9,576 · 33 patents
- Oslo Universitetssykehus #9,577 · 33 patents
Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in North's primary technology class.
- The Regents of the University of California 1,779 in class
- L'Oreal 1,250 in class
- Novartis AG 988 in class
- The Procter & Gamble Company 985 in class
- The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System 950 in class
- The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services 813 in class
- The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania 768 in class
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC 760 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for North, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), North ranks #2,696 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).
North's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | 12.1% |
| 2017 | 4 | 12.1% |
| 2018 | 4 | 12.1% |
| 2019 | 5 | 15.2% |
| 2020 | 3 | 9.1% |
| 2021 | 4 | 12.1% |
| 2022 | 5 | 15.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 3.0% |
| 2024 | 2 | 6.1% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 3.0% |
Which technologies does North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University patent most?
Top 15 of 47 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 24.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
- Ranked #9,574 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University against Narus, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 50.8/100 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.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.