Where does Qatar University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Qatar University ranks #3,574 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 Qatar University hold?

Qatar University holds 103 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 92 technology areas.

What is Qatar University's Innovation Score?

Qatar University has an Innovation Score of 58.1 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Qatar University focus on?

Qatar University's top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 12 patents, ranking #400 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 92 CPC subclasses total.

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

Qatar University's recent grant velocity is +172% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Qatar University's patents?

Qatar University's patents average 14.4 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 Qatar 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

Qatar University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 103 granted patents across 92 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Qatar ranks #3,574 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 103 patents across 92 technology areas.

#3,574
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.1/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: +172%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3574 · Foreign Corporation #3,574 · 103 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 103 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,574/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nidec Copal
CPC-WIDE B01J · 92 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +172% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nidec Copal Corporation (±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 Qatar’s 58.1 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 16.0 pts (28%) Velocity 8.4 pts (14%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Colorado School of… · near

58
Koenig & Bauer · near

58
Avary Holding… · near

58
Qatar University · this assignee

58
The United States… · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Qatar's Innovation Score is 58.1/100 (top 5% 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 Qatar?

Each dot is one of Qatar’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). Qatar’s own 14.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Qatar's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Qatar University received 68 grants versus 25 in 2015–2019 (+172% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 16 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 4. Lead class B01J accounts for 11.7% of the portfolio across 92 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Nidec Copal Corporation (#3,570) and Solenis Technologies, L.P. (#3,578).

Qatar's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Qatar University moved from 35 to 44 grants (1.26x 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 #696. See the growth leaderboard.

Nidec Copal

103
Oticon Medical A/S

103
Pictometry Intern…

103
Plastipak Packagi…

103
Ratier-figeac SAS

103
Rigetti &

103
Suzhou China Star…

103
Solenis

103
Qatar University ◀

103

What this shows Qatar holds 103 patents at rank #3,574, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Qatar

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,574 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Qatar, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes), Qatar ranks #400 of 2,755 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited. 58 The United States of America, represented by the Secretary of the Navy 58 Colorado School of Mines 58 Koenig & Bauer AG 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.4 here).

Institut National DES Sciences APPLIQUÉES DE Lyon 14.4 avg Omega SA 14.4 avg Sanechips Technology Co., Ltd. 14.4 avg Powertech Technology Inc. 14.4 avg

Qatar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Qatar University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	3.9%
2017	4	3.9%
2018	6	5.8%
2019	11	10.7%
2020	13	12.6%
2021	11	10.7%
2022	16	15.5%
2023	16	15.5%
2024	12	11.7%
2025partial year	10	9.7%

Which technologies does Qatar University patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 12

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 10

B01D - Separation 10

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 9

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 8

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 7

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 7

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 6

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 6

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 5

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 5

Top 15 of 92 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Qatar University's lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 11.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #3,574 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Qatar University against Nidec Copal Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.1/100 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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