Where does Rush University Medical Center rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rush University Medical Center ranks #4,357 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 Rush University Medical Center hold?

Rush University Medical Center holds 82 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is Rush University Medical Center's Innovation Score?

Rush University Medical Center has an Innovation Score of 48.9 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Rush University Medical Center's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rush University Medical Center's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Rush University Medical Center's patents?

Rush University Medical Center's patents average 12.1 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 Rush University Medical Center 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

Rush University Medical Center

Q: What technology areas does Rush University Medical Center focus on?

Rush University Medical Center's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 39 patents. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 82 granted patents across 33 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rush ranks #4,357 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 82 patents across 33 technology areas.

#4,357
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.9/100): 12.1
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4357 · US Corporation #4,357 · 82 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 82 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,357/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Reckitt Benckiser
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Reckitt Benckiser 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
General Cable · near

49
Glock Technology · near

49
Pilot · near

49
Rush University… · this assignee

49
Universitat Bern · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rush's Innovation Score is 48.9/100 (top 16% 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 Rush's grants concentrate

Rush University Medical Center is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 47.6% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (12 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Rush sits between Reliaquest Holdings, LLC and Stabilus GmbH.

Rush's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Rush University Medical Center moved from 23 to 21 grants (0.91x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Reliaquest Holdin…

82
Reckitt Benckiser

82
Research Developm…

82
Rheinmetall Waffe…

82
South Dakota Boar…

82
Suteng Innovation…

82
Skybell

82
Stabilus

82
Rush University M… ◀

82

What this shows Rush holds 82 patents at rank #4,355, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rush

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,355 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

General Cable Technologies Corporation 49 Kabushiki Kaisha Pilot Corporation 49 Universitat Bern 49 Glock Technology GmbH 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.1 here).

Solaero Technologies Corp. 12.1 avg Peking University 12.1 avg Delphi Technologies 12.1 avg Advanced Optoelectronic Technology, Inc. 12.1 avg

Rush's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% 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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Rush University Medical Center patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	3.7%
2016	8	9.8%
2017	12	14.6%
2018	5	6.1%
2019	8	9.8%
2020	10	12.2%
2021	5	6.1%
2022	9	11.0%
2023	7	8.5%
2024	5	6.1%
2025partial year	10	12.2%

Which technologies does Rush University Medical Center patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 39

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 37

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 18

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 15

C07K - Peptides 13

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 12

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 12

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 6

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 6

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

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

Top 15 of 33 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,357

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.9 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

Rush University Medical Center's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rush University Medical Center's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 47.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #4,357 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rush University Medical Center against Reliaquest Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.9/100 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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