Where does Osaka University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Osaka University ranks #635 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 Osaka University hold?

Osaka University holds 702 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 199 technology areas.

What is Osaka University's Innovation Score?

Osaka University has an Innovation Score of 61.6 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%).

What technology areas does Osaka University focus on?

Osaka University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 149 patents. Grants appear in 199 CPC subclasses total.

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

Osaka University's recent grant velocity is +41% 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 Osaka University's patents?

Osaka University's patents average 11.1 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 Osaka 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 Foreign Corporation

Osaka University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 702 granted patents across 199 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, Osaka ranks #635 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 702 patents across 199 technology areas.

#635
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.6/100): 11.1
avg claims per patent: +41%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R635 · Foreign Corporation #635 · 702 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 702 grants
TOP-DECILE #635/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alarm com Incorporated
CPC-WIDE A61K · 199 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +41% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alarm.com Incorporated (±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
Osaka University · this assignee

62
Volvo Construction… · near

62
Icahn School OF… · near

62
R J Reynolds Tobacco · near

62
Sick · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Osaka's Innovation Score is 61.6/100 (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 Osaka's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Osaka University received 378 grants versus 268 in 2015–2019 (+41% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 82 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 47. Lead class A61K accounts for 21.2% of the portfolio across 199 subclasses. Volume neighbours: DOW Agrosciences LLC (#631) and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (#639).

Osaka's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Osaka University moved from 211 to 231 grants (1.09x 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 #968. See the growth leaderboard.

DOW Agrosciences

704
Toppan Printing

704
Rakuten Group

703
Alarm com Incorpo…

702
Osaka University ◀

702
Autodesk

700
Square

699
Lite-on Technology

699
Rutgers the State…

698

What this shows Osaka holds 702 patents at rank #635, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Osaka

By rank, the assignees closest to #635 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Volvo Construction Equipment AB 62 Sick AG 62 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 62 Icahn School OF Medicine AT Mount Sinai 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.1 here).

Panasonic Holdings Corporation 11.1 avg Darwin Precisions Corporation 11.1 avg Logitech Europe S.A. 11.1 avg Research Institute OF Industrial Science & Technology 11.1 avg

Osaka'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.

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Osaka University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	55	7.8%
2016	48	6.8%
2017	54	7.7%
2018	47	6.7%
2019	64	9.1%
2020	65	9.3%
2021	82	11.7%
2022	76	10.8%
2023	76	10.8%
2024	79	11.3%
2025partial year	56	8.0%

Which technologies does Osaka University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 149

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 139

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 127

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 121

C07K - Peptides 91

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 60

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 39

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 33

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 32

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 30

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 30

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 30

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 28

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 26

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 26

Top 15 of 199 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#635

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.6 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

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

Osaka University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 21.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #635 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Osaka University against DOW Agrosciences LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.6/100 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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