Where does Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust ranks #42,022 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 University Hospitals NHS Trust hold?

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2022, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust's Innovation Score?

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has an Innovation Score of 29.0 out of 100 (29th 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 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust focus on?

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 3 patents, ranking #4,165 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust's patents?

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust's patents average 12.3 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Q: How is the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 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 PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nottingham ranks #42,022 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 14 technology areas.

#42,022
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.0/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42022 · Foreign Corporation #42,022 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,022/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Norpe OY
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Norpe OY (±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 29.0 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 1.7 pts (6%) Breadth 13.2 pts (46%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Buemach Engineering… · near

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Industries RAD · near

29
Navigen · near

29
Nottingham Universit… · this assignee

29
Vapor PIN Enterprises · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Nottingham's Innovation Score is 29.0/100 (29th 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 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 12.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nottingham's grants concentrate

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Nottingham sits between Norpe OY and Noveto Systems Ltd..

Nottingham's three-year grant acceleration

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust shows 1 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.

Norpe OY

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Nova Plasma

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Noveto Systems

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What this shows Nottingham holds 6 patents at rank #41,904, 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 #41,904 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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 A61B (Diagnosis), Nottingham ranks #4,165 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

Vapor PIN Enterprises, Inc. 29 Industries RAD Inc. 29 Navigen, Inc. 29 Buemach Engineering International B.V. 29

Nottingham's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

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

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%
2020	2	33.3%
2021	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

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

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 2

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

C07K - Peptides 1

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

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

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 14 of 14 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 University Hospitals NHS Trust's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #42,022 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust against Norpe OY, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.0/100 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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