Where does Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ranks #1,491 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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute hold?

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute holds 279 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 151 technology areas.

What is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Innovation Score?

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has an Innovation Score of 61.3 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%).

Is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's recent grant velocity is +67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's patents?

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's patents average 15.8 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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 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

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Q: What technology areas does Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute focus on?

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 50 patents, ranking #288 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 151 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 279 granted patents across 151 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rensselaer ranks #1,491 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 279 patents across 151 technology areas.

#1,491
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.3/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1491 · US Corporation #1,491 · 279 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 279 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,491/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Astrazeneca AB
CPC-WIDE Y02E · 151 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Astrazeneca AB (±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 Rensselaer’s 61.3 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 19.5 pts (32%) Velocity 7.4 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Spirit AeroSystems · near

61
Drexel University · near

61
MaxLinear · near

61
Rensselaer Polytechn… · this assignee

61
Sensormatic · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rensselaer's Innovation Score is 61.3/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Rensselaer?

Each dot is one of Rensselaer’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). Rensselaer’s own 15.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Rensselaer's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute received 155 grants versus 93 in 2015–2019 (+67% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 34 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 16. Lead class Y02E accounts for 17.9% of the portfolio across 151 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Astrazeneca AB (#1,487) and Dassault Systemes (#1,495).

Rensselaer's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute moved from 83 to 92 grants (1.11x 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 #942. See the growth leaderboard.

Astrazeneca AB

279
Bridgestone Sports

279
Fireeye

279
Geotab

279
Teijin

279
Rensselaer Polyte… ◀

279
Amkor Technology…

278
Carestream Health

278
Dassault Systemes

278

What this shows Rensselaer holds 279 patents at rank #1,491, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rensselaer

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,491 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Rensselaer, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), Rensselaer ranks #288 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Drexel University 61 Sensormatic Electronics, LLC 61 MaxLinear, Inc. 61 Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.8 here).

Nagravision Sarl 15.8 avg Rosemount Aerospace Inc. 15.8 avg The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 15.8 avg Luminex Corporation 15.8 avg

Rensselaer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 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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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	18	6.5%
2016	21	7.5%
2017	16	5.7%
2018	18	6.5%
2019	20	7.2%
2020	29	10.4%
2021	34	12.2%
2022	31	11.1%
2023	29	10.4%
2024	32	11.5%
2025partial year	31	11.1%

Which technologies does Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 50

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 44

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 36

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 27

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 26

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 23

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 18

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 17

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 16

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 16

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 16

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 16

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 15

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 15

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 14

Top 15 of 151 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

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 17.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #1,491 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute against Astrazeneca AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.3/100 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

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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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