Where does Oregon State University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Oregon State University ranks #2,530 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 State University hold?

Oregon State University holds 154 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 127 technology areas.

What is Oregon State University's Innovation Score?

Oregon State University has an Innovation Score of 60.0 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Oregon State University focus on?

Oregon State University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 26 patents, ranking #871 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 127 CPC subclasses total.

Is Oregon State University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Oregon State University's recent grant velocity is +53% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Oregon State University's patents?

Oregon State University'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 Oregon State 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 State University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 154 granted patents across 127 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 #2,530 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 154 patents across 127 technology areas.

#2,530
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (60.0/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: +53%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2530 · US Corporation #2,530 · 154 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 154 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,530/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Life Spine
CPC-WIDE A61K · 127 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +53% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Life Spine, 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 Oregon’s 60.0 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 17.4 pts (29%) Velocity 7.2 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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University of… · near

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JX Advanced Metals · near

60
Oregon State… · this assignee

60
Ridge Tool · near

60
Saipem S P A · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Oregon's Innovation Score is 60.0/100 (top 4% 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 Oregon?

Each dot is one of Oregon’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). Oregon’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Oregon's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Oregon State University received 87 grants versus 57 in 2015–2019 (+53% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 19 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1. Lead class A61K accounts for 16.9% of the portfolio across 127 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Lumens Co., Ltd. (#2,526) and Technip France (#2,534).

Oregon's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Oregon State University moved from 49 to 53 grants (1.08x 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 #998. See the growth leaderboard.

Lumens

154
Lyten

154
Life Spine

154
Melexis

154
Polestar Performa…

154
Rehrig Pacific

154
SAE Magnetics (H…

154
Technip France

154
Oregon State Univ… ◀

154

What this shows Oregon holds 154 patents at rank #2,530, 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 #2,530 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). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Oregon ranks #871 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Saipem S.P.A. 60 Ridge Tool Company 60 JX Advanced Metals Corporation 60 University of Kentucky Research Foundation 60

Similar claim depth

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

Synaptics Japan GK 17.3 avg National Research Council of Canada 17.3 avg Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. 17.3 avg Sanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. Ve Tic. A.S. 17.3 avg

Oregon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 State University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	0.6%
2016	12	7.8%
2017	16	10.4%
2018	13	8.4%
2019	15	9.7%
2020	19	12.3%
2021	15	9.7%
2022	18	11.7%
2023	17	11.0%
2024	18	11.7%
2025partial year	10	6.5%

Which technologies does Oregon State University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 26

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 20

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 15

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 14

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 13

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 13

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 12

C07K - Peptides 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 9

B01D - Separation 9

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 8

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 7

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 7

Top 15 of 127 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Oregon State University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 16.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #2,530 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Oregon State University against Lumens Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.0/100 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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