Where does Rochester Institute of Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rochester Institute of Technology ranks #4,640 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 Rochester Institute of Technology hold?

Rochester Institute of Technology holds 76 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 85 technology areas.

What is Rochester Institute of Technology's Innovation Score?

Rochester Institute of Technology has an Innovation Score of 52.9 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Rochester Institute of Technology focus on?

Rochester Institute of Technology's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 16 patents, ranking #1,103 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 85 CPC subclasses total.

Is Rochester Institute of Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rochester Institute of Technology's recent grant velocity is +23% 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 Rochester Institute of Technology's patents?

Rochester Institute of Technology's patents average 17.0 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 Rochester Institute of Technology 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

Rochester Institute of Technology

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 76 granted patents across 85 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rochester ranks #4,640 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 76 patents across 85 technology areas.

#4,640
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (52.9/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: +23%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4640 · US Corporation #4,640 · 76 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 76 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,640/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nuvectra
CPC-WIDE A61B · 85 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +23% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nuvectra 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 Rochester’s 52.9 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 15.0 pts (28%) Velocity 2.7 pts (5%) Breadth 25.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Nippon Steel… · near

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Rochester Institute… · this assignee

53
Toshiba Digital… · near

53
United Therapeutics · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rochester's Innovation Score is 52.9/100 (top 9% 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 Rochester?

Each dot is one of Rochester’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). Rochester’s own 17.0 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Rochester's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Rochester Institute of Technology received 38 grants versus 31 in 2015–2019 (+23% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 15 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 3. Lead class A61B accounts for 21.1% of the portfolio across 85 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Nuvectra Corporation (#4,636) and Sunnybrook Research Institute (#4,644).

Rochester's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Rochester Institute of Technology moved from 34 to 14 grants (0.41x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

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What this shows Rochester holds 76 patents at rank #4,640, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rochester

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,640 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Rochester, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Rochester ranks #1,103 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Mbda France 53 United Therapeutics Corporation 53 Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation 53 Nippon Steel Chemical & Material Co., Ltd. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.0 here).

First Quality Tissue, LLC 17.0 avg Liko Research & Development AB 17.0 avg Axon Enterprise, Inc. 17.0 avg ZKW Group GmbH 17.0 avg

Rochester's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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Rochester Institute of Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	9.2%
2016	3	3.9%
2017	7	9.2%
2018	4	5.3%
2019	10	13.2%
2020	9	11.8%
2021	15	19.7%
2022	6	7.9%
2023	4	5.3%
2024	4	5.3%
2025partial year	7	9.2%

Which technologies does Rochester Institute of Technology patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 16

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 7

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 7

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 5

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 5

B01D - Separation 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 3

Top 15 of 85 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

Rochester Institute of Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rochester Institute of Technology's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 21.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #4,640 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rochester Institute of Technology against Nuvectra Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.9/100 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

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