Where does Oxford University Innovation Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Oxford University Innovation Limited ranks #1,088 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 University Innovation Limited hold?

Oxford University Innovation Limited holds 391 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 162 technology areas.

What is Oxford University Innovation Limited's Innovation Score?

Oxford University Innovation Limited has an Innovation Score of 62.5 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Oxford University Innovation Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Oxford University Innovation Limited's recent grant velocity is +108% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Oxford University Innovation Limited's patents?

Oxford University Innovation Limited's patents average 18.4 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 University Innovation Limited 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

Oxford University Innovation Limited

Q: What technology areas does Oxford University Innovation Limited focus on?

Oxford University Innovation Limited's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 87 patents. Grants appear in 162 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 391 granted patents across 162 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, Oxford ranks #1,088 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 391 patents across 162 technology areas.

#1,088
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.5/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: +108%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1088 · Foreign Corporation #1,088 · 391 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 391 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,088/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shenzhen Mindray…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 162 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +108% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-medical Electronics Co., Ltd. (±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
AeroVironment · near

62
Eneos · near

62
Korea University… · near

62
Oshkosh Defense · near

62
Oxford University… · this assignee

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Oxford's Innovation Score is 62.5/100 (top 2% 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 Oxford's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Oxford University Innovation Limited received 245 grants versus 118 in 2015–2019 (+108% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 61 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 5. Lead class A61K accounts for 22.3% of the portfolio across 162 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Mueller International, LLC (#1,084) and Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (#1,092).

Oxford's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Oxford University Innovation Limited moved from 156 to 136 grants (0.87x 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 #1,589. See the growth leaderboard.

Mueller Internati…

393
Commscope Connect…

392
Fujitsu Component

392
Stats Chippac Pte

392
Shenzhen Mindray…

391
West

391
Oxford University… ◀

391
Ademco

390
Alliance for Sust…

390

What this shows Oxford holds 391 patents at rank #1,088, 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 #1,088 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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 (62 here).

Oshkosh Defense, LLC 62 AeroVironment, Inc. 62 Korea University Research and Business Foundation 62 Eneos Corporation 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.4 here).

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. 18.4 avg Corning Incorporated 18.4 avg GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP 18.4 avg Velcro Bvba 18.4 avg

Oxford's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Oxford University Innovation Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	5	1.3%
2017	36	9.2%
2018	30	7.7%
2019	47	12.0%
2020	48	12.3%
2021	61	15.6%
2022	47	12.0%
2023	35	9.0%
2024	54	13.8%
2025partial year	28	7.2%

Which technologies does Oxford University Innovation Limited patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 87

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 73

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 65

C07K - Peptides 54

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 49

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 47

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 46

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 32

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 26

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 24

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 23

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 23

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 23

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 21

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 19

Top 15 of 162 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,088

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

62.5 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

Oxford University Innovation Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Oxford University Innovation Limited's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 22.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #1,088 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Oxford University Innovation Limited against Mueller International, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.5/100 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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