Where does Ohio State Innovation Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ohio State Innovation Foundation ranks #715 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 Ohio State Innovation Foundation hold?

Ohio State Innovation Foundation holds 637 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 208 technology areas.

What is Ohio State Innovation Foundation's Innovation Score?

Ohio State Innovation Foundation has an Innovation Score of 66.0 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ohio State Innovation Foundation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ohio State Innovation Foundation's recent grant velocity is +78% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ohio State Innovation Foundation's patents?

Ohio State Innovation Foundation's patents average 17.3 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.

How is the Ohio State Innovation Foundation 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

Ohio State Innovation Foundation

Q: What technology areas does Ohio State Innovation Foundation focus on?

Ohio State Innovation Foundation's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 173 patents. Grants appear in 208 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 637 granted patents across 208 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ohio ranks #715 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 637 patents across 208 technology areas.

#715
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.0/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: +78%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R715 · US Corporation #715 · 637 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 637 grants
TOP-DECILE #715/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cooper
CPC-BROAD A61K · 208 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +78% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cooper Technologies Company (±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
Beijing Goldwind… · near

66
Qorvo US · near

66
Coretronic · near

66
Nanjing Chervon… · near

66
Ohio State Innovatio… · this assignee

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ohio's Innovation Score is 66.0/100 (top 1% 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.

How Ohio's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Ohio State Innovation Foundation received 359 grants versus 202 in 2015–2019 (+78% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 84 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 16. Lead class A61K accounts for 27.2% of the portfolio across 208 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Lincoln Global, Inc. (#711) and The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate (#719).

Ohio's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Ohio State Innovation Foundation moved from 193 to 240 grants (1.24x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #714. See the growth leaderboard.

Lincoln Global

638
Mitsubishi Hitach…

638
Cooper

637
Industry-universi…

637
Schlage Lock

637
Ohio State Innova… ◀

637
Oath

635
Taylor Made Golf

635
The Regents of th…

634

What this shows Ohio holds 637 patents at rank #715, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ohio

By rank, the assignees closest to #715 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ohio, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

Coretronic Corporation 66 Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd. 66 Qorvo US, Inc. 66 Beijing Goldwind Science & Creation Windpower Equipment Co., Ltd. 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.3 here).

Ecole Polytechnique 17.3 avg Hydril USA Distribution LLC 17.3 avg BOE Mled Technology Co., Ltd. 17.3 avg University of Southern California 17.3 avg

Ohio's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Ohio State Innovation Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	2.5%
2016	25	3.9%
2017	35	5.5%
2018	52	8.2%
2019	74	11.6%
2020	59	9.3%
2021	60	9.4%
2022	76	11.9%
2023	84	13.2%
2024	80	12.6%
2025partial year	76	11.9%

Which technologies does Ohio State Innovation Foundation patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 173

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 118

C07K - Peptides 91

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 87

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 84

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 74

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 39

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 39

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 36

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 32

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 29

B01D - Separation 28

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 25

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 23

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 22

Top 15 of 208 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#715

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

66.0 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

Ohio State Innovation Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ohio State Innovation Foundation's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 27.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #715 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ohio State Innovation Foundation against Lincoln Global, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.0/100 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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