Where does Nottingham Trent University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nottingham Trent University ranks #13,583 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 Nottingham Trent University hold?

Nottingham Trent University holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 41 technology areas.

What is Nottingham Trent University's Innovation Score?

Nottingham Trent University has an Innovation Score of 47.2 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nottingham Trent University focus on?

Nottingham Trent University's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 10 patents, ranking #1,460 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 41 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nottingham Trent University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nottingham Trent University's recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Nottingham Trent University's patents?

Nottingham Trent University's patents average 15.9 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 Nottingham Trent 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

Nottingham Trent University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 41 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nottingham ranks #13,583 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 41 technology areas.

#13,583
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.2/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13583 · Foreign Corporation #13,583 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,583/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Naber Holding &
CPC-WIDE G01N · 41 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Naber Holding GmbH & Co. (±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 Nottingham’s 47.2 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 10.8 pts (23%) Velocity 4.2 pts (9%) Breadth 22.6 pts (48%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Buerkert Werke · near

47
Mylan · near

47
Nottingham Trent… · this assignee

47
Valeo Siemens… · near

47
Ariens · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nottingham's Innovation Score is 47.2/100 (top 19% 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 Nottingham?

Each dot is one of Nottingham’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). Nottingham’s own 15.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nottingham's grants concentrate

Nottingham Trent University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 41 CPC subclasses with 45.5% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Nottingham sits between Ninestar Corporation and Nanometrics Incorporated.

Nottingham's three-year grant acceleration

Nottingham Trent University shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Ninestar

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Ningbo Sunny Auto…

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NIO

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Nippon Steel Engi…

22
Nova Perenne BV

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Naber Holding &

22
Nan Juen Internat…

22
Nanometrics Incor…

22
Nottingham Trent… ◀

22

What this shows Nottingham holds 22 patents at rank #13,573, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nottingham

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,573 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nottingham, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Nottingham ranks #1,460 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Mylan Inc. 47 Valeo Siemens Eautomotive France SAS 47 Buerkert Werke GMBH 47 Ariens Company 47

Nottingham's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% 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.

View data table

Nottingham Trent University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.5%
2016	2	9.1%
2017	1	4.5%
2018	4	18.2%
2019	4	18.2%
2020	1	4.5%
2021	3	13.6%
2022	1	4.5%
2023	2	9.1%
2024	2	9.1%
2025partial year	1	4.5%

Which technologies does Nottingham Trent University patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 10

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 3

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

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

C07K - Peptides 2

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 2

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 2

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 2

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

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 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

C12Y - Enzymes 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 15 of 41 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

Nottingham Trent University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nottingham Trent University's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 45.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #13,583 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nottingham Trent University against Ninestar Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.2/100 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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