Where does OLD Dominion University Research Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), OLD Dominion University Research Foundation ranks #9,340 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 OLD Dominion University Research Foundation hold?

OLD Dominion University Research Foundation holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is OLD Dominion University Research Foundation's Innovation Score?

OLD Dominion University Research Foundation has an Innovation Score of 40.8 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does OLD Dominion University Research Foundation focus on?

OLD Dominion University Research Foundation's top technology area is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy) with 21 patents, ranking #173 of 1,943 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is OLD Dominion University Research Foundation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

OLD Dominion University Research Foundation's recent grant velocity is -6% 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 OLD Dominion University Research Foundation's patents?

OLD Dominion University Research Foundation's patents average 21.6 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

OLD Dominion University Research Foundation

Q: How is the OLD Dominion University Research 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 PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 15 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: A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, OLD ranks #9,340 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 15 technology areas.

#9,340
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.8/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: -6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9340 · US Corporation #9,340 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,340/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nauto
CPC-FOCUS A61N · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nauto, 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 OLD’s 40.8 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 12.3 pts (30%) Velocity 1.9 pts (5%) Breadth 13.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Brava Home · near

41
Mississippi Lime · near

41
National Service… · near

41
OLD Dominion… · this assignee

41
Taiwan Green Point… · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows OLD's Innovation Score is 40.8/100 (top 35% 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 OLD?

Each dot is one of OLD’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). OLD’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where OLD's grants concentrate

OLD Dominion University Research Foundation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 61.8% of grants classified under A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, OLD sits between Nauto, Inc. and Pixart Imaging (PENANG) SDN. BHD..

OLD's three-year grant acceleration

OLD Dominion University Research Foundation shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Nauto

34
Neuronetics

34
Nordex Energy SE…

34
Ohara

34
Oldcastle Precast

34
Orica Internation…

34
P2 Science

34
Pixart Imaging (P…

34
OLD Dominion Univ… ◀

34

What this shows OLD holds 34 patents at rank #9,340, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near OLD

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,340 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61N (Electrotherapy)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for OLD, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61N (Electrotherapy), OLD ranks #173 of 1,943 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Taiwan Green Point Enterprises Co., Ltd. 41 National Service Alliance—Houston LLC 41 Brava Home, Inc. 41 Mississippi Lime Company 41

OLD's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% 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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OLD Dominion University Research Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	8.8%
2016	2	5.9%
2017	2	5.9%
2018	8	23.5%
2019	2	5.9%
2020	6	17.6%
2021	6	17.6%
2022	1	2.9%
2023	2	5.9%
2024	1	2.9%
2025partial year	1	2.9%

Which technologies does OLD Dominion University Research Foundation patent most?

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 21

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 17

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 6

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

B01D - Separation 1

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 1

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

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 1

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 1

Top 15 of 15 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

OLD Dominion University Research Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

OLD Dominion University Research Foundation's lead technology class is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy), 61.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61N
Ranked #9,340 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare OLD Dominion University Research Foundation against Nauto, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.8/100 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.