Where does Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. ranks #13,609 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 Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. hold?

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.9 out of 100 (43rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc.'s patents?

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc.'s patents average 16.2 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 Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. 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

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. focus on?

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc.'s top technology area is G01Q (Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM]) with 21 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 5 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: G01Q (Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM]).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Oxford ranks #13,609 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 5 technology areas.

#13,609
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.9/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13609 · US Corporation #13,609 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,609/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH OpenAI OpCo
CPC-NARROW G01Q · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: OpenAI OpCo, LLC (±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
Avogy · near

33
Zenith Epigenetics · near

33
Duquesne University… · near

33
Gainspan · near

33
Oxford Instruments… · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Oxford's Innovation Score is 32.9/100 (43rd percentile 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.

Where Oxford's grants concentrate

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 95.5% of grants classified under G01Q (Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM]). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Oxford sits between OpenAI OpCo, LLC and Plant Bioscience Limited.

Oxford's three-year grant acceleration

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Openai Opco

22
Osaka Research In…

22
Ottawa Hospital R…

22
Otto Männer Innov…

22
PA Cotte

22
Paragon Semicondu…

22
Phoenix Electric

22
Plant Bioscience

22
Oxford Instrument… ◀

22

What this shows Oxford holds 22 patents at rank #13,607, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Oxford

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,607 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01Q (Scanning-probe Techniques OR Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Gainspan Corporation 33 Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit 33 Zenith Epigenetics Ltd. 33 Avogy, Inc. 33

Oxford's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.5%
2016	4	18.2%
2017	4	18.2%
2018	2	9.1%
2019	3	13.6%
2020	3	13.6%
2022	1	4.5%
2023	1	4.5%
2024	2	9.1%
2025partial year	1	4.5%

Which technologies does Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. patent most?

G01Q - Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] 21

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 4

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 3

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#13,609

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

32.9 out of 100

View all rankings →

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01Q (Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM]), 95.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01Q
Ranked #13,609 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. against OpenAI OpCo, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.9/100 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.