Where does Northwest A & F University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Northwest A & F University ranks #29,633 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 Northwest A & F University hold?

Northwest A & F University holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Northwest A & F University's Innovation Score?

Northwest A & F University has an Innovation Score of 31.9 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Northwest A & F University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Northwest A & F University.

What does claim depth mean for Northwest A & F University's patents?

Northwest A & F University's patents average 7.6 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 Northwest A & F 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 Foreign Corporation

Northwest A & F University

Q: What technology areas does Northwest A & F University focus on?

Northwest A & F University's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Northwest ranks #29,633 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 13 technology areas.

#29,633
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.9/100): 7.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29633 · Foreign Corporation #29,633 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,633/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Noon Home
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Noon Home, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Northwest A & F… · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Northwest's Innovation Score is 31.9/100 (39th 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.

Where Northwest's grants concentrate

Northwest A & F University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Northwest sits between Noon Home, Inc. and O-net Communications (SHENZHEN) Limited.

Northwest's three-year grant acceleration

Northwest A & F University shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Noon Home

9
Nordock

9
Northeast Electri…

9
Northern Internat…

9
Nxthera

9
Nylok

9
Nypromold

9
O-net Communicati…

9
Northwest A & F U… ◀

9

What this shows Northwest holds 9 patents at rank #29,623, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Northwest

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,623 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Northwest's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Northwest A & F University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	11.1%
2021	3	33.3%
2022	1	11.1%
2023	1	11.1%
2024	2	22.2%
2025partial year	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Northwest A & F University patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 3

C07K - Peptides 2

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 1

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

A23J - Protein Compositions FOR FOODSTUFFS; Working-up Proteins FOR FOODSTUFFS; Phosphatide Compositions FOR Foodstuffs 1

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 1

F01B - Machines OR Engines, IN General OR OF Positive-displacement Type, e.g. Steam Engines 1

F01L - Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines 1

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 1

F16H - Gearing 1

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

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#29,633

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

31.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Northwest A & F University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Northwest A & F University's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #29,633 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Northwest A & F University against Noon Home, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.9/100 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

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.