Where does North Carolina Central University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), North Carolina Central University ranks #32,670 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 North Carolina Central University hold?

North Carolina Central University holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is North Carolina Central University's Innovation Score?

North Carolina Central University has an Innovation Score of 32.5 out of 100 (41st 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 North Carolina Central University focus on?

North Carolina Central University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 5 patents, ranking #4,009 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is North Carolina Central University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

North Carolina Central University's recent grant velocity is -86% 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 North Carolina Central University's patents?

North Carolina Central University's patents average 16.4 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 North Carolina Central 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

North Carolina Central University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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, North ranks #32,670 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 11 technology areas.

#32,670
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.5/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32670 · US Corporation #32,670 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,670/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Noritsu Precision
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Noritsu Precision Co., Ltd. (±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 32.5 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 7.6 pts (23%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 11.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (30%)

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What this shows North's Innovation Score is 32.5/100 (41st 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 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 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where North's grants concentrate

North Carolina Central University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, North sits between Noritsu Precision Co., Ltd. and Novagen Holding Corporation.

North's three-year grant acceleration

North Carolina Central University shows 1 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.

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What this shows North holds 8 patents at rank #32,612, 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 #32,612 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

North's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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North Carolina Central University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	25.0%
2018	3	37.5%
2019	2	25.0%
2024	1	12.5%

Which technologies does North Carolina Central University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 3

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

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

C12Y - Enzymes 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 1

Top 11 of 11 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

North Carolina Central University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

North Carolina Central University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #32,670 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare North Carolina Central University against Noritsu Precision Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.5/100 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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