Where does Oregon Health & Science University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Oregon Health & Science University ranks #1,658 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 Oregon Health & Science University hold?

Oregon Health & Science University holds 248 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 52 technology areas.

What is Oregon Health & Science University's Innovation Score?

Oregon Health & Science University has an Innovation Score of 61.7 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Oregon Health & Science University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Oregon Health & Science University's recent grant velocity is +6% 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 Oregon Health & Science University's patents?

Oregon Health & Science University's patents average 18.0 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 Oregon Health & Science 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

Oregon Health & Science University

Q: What technology areas does Oregon Health & Science University focus on?

Oregon Health & Science University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 104 patents. Grants appear in 52 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 248 granted patents across 52 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, Oregon ranks #1,658 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 248 patents across 52 technology areas.

#1,658
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.7/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: +6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1658 · US Corporation #1,658 · 248 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 248 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,658/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Activision Publishing
CPC-WIDE A61K · 52 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Activision Publishing, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sintokogio · near

62
James R Glidewell… · near

62
Oregon Health &… · this assignee

62
Socionext · near

62
Duke Manufacturing · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Oregon's Innovation Score is 61.7/100 (top 3% 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 Oregon's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Oregon Health & Science University received 122 grants versus 115 in 2015–2019 (+6% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 32 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 17. Lead class A61K accounts for 41.9% of the portfolio across 52 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Activision Publishing, Inc. (#1,654) and Biogen MA Inc. (#1,662).

Oregon's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Oregon Health & Science University moved from 72 to 74 grants (1.03x 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 #1,111. See the growth leaderboard.

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248
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248
Chicony Power Tec…

248
Magpul Industries

248
Richemont Interna…

248
Teradata US

248
Water Pik

248
Oregon Health & S… ◀

248
Biogen MA

247

What this shows Oregon holds 248 patents at rank #1,658, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Oregon

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,658 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Socionext Inc. 62 James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc. 62 Duke Manufacturing Co. 62 Sintokogio, Ltd. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.0 here).

Lotes Co., Ltd 18.0 avg W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. 18.0 avg Bitzer Kühlmaschinenbau GmbH 18.0 avg Thorlabs, Inc. 18.0 avg

Oregon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Oregon Health & Science University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	22	8.9%
2016	19	7.7%
2017	23	9.3%
2018	27	10.9%
2019	24	9.7%
2020	25	10.1%
2021	23	9.3%
2022	25	10.1%
2023	32	12.9%
2024	17	6.9%
2025partial year	11	4.4%

Which technologies does Oregon Health & Science University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 104

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 88

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 68

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 67

C07K - Peptides 54

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 34

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 33

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 28

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 27

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 18

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 13

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 12

C12Y - Enzymes 11

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

Top 15 of 52 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,658

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.7 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

Oregon Health & Science University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Oregon Health & Science University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 41.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #1,658 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Oregon Health & Science University against Activision Publishing, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.7/100 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.