Where does Oakland University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Oakland University ranks #14,825 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 Oakland University hold?

Oakland University holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Oakland University's Innovation Score?

Oakland University has an Innovation Score of 43.4 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Oakland University focus on?

Oakland University's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 9 patents, ranking #1,627 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

Is Oakland University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Oakland University's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Oakland University's patents?

Oakland University's patents average 18.1 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 Oakland 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

Oakland University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 27 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, Oakland ranks #14,825 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 27 technology areas.

#14,825
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.4/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14825 · US Corporation #14,825 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,825/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ocera Therapeutics
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ocera Therapeutics, 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 Oakland’s 43.4 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 10.5 pts (24%) Velocity 3.7 pts (9%) Breadth 18.4 pts (42%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Oakland University · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Oakland's Innovation Score is 43.4/100 (top 28% 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 Oakland?

Each dot is one of Oakland’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). Oakland’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Oakland's grants concentrate

Oakland University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 45% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Oakland sits between ONE Test Systems and Oneida Air Systems, Inc..

Oakland's three-year grant acceleration

Oakland University shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

ONE Test Systems

20
Opsys Tech

20
Optimal Plus

20
Overland Storage

20
Ocera Therapeutics

20
Olin

20
Omega (Omega )(Om…

20
Oneida Air Systems

20
Oakland University ◀

20

What this shows Oakland holds 20 patents at rank #14,827, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Oakland

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,827 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Oakland's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% 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.

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Oakland University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	10.0%
2016	2	10.0%
2019	5	25.0%
2020	1	5.0%
2021	3	15.0%
2022	2	10.0%
2023	1	5.0%
2024	2	10.0%
2025partial year	2	10.0%

Which technologies does Oakland University patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 9

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B01D - Separation 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 2

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 2

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 27 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

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

Oakland University's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 45% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #14,825 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Oakland University against ONE Test Systems, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.4/100 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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