Where does Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey ranks #639 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 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey hold?

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey holds 698 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 196 technology areas.

What is Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey's Innovation Score?

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey has an Innovation Score of 63.4 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%).

What technology areas does Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey focus on?

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 262 patents, ranking #59 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 196 CPC subclasses total.

Is Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey's recent grant velocity is -14% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey's patents?

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey'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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Q: How is the Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 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 PatentsView assignee record - 698 granted patents across 196 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, Rutgers ranks #639 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 698 patents across 196 technology areas.

#639
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.4/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R639 · US Corporation #639 · 698 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 698 grants
TOP-DECILE #639/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Square
CPC-WIDE A61K · 196 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Inc Square, Co., Ltd (±1 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 Rutgers’s 63.4 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 22.6 pts (36%) Velocity 6.2 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Rutgers the State… · this assignee

63
CenturyLink… · near

63
Compagnie Generale… · near

63
KCI Licensing · near

63
Stratasys · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rutgers's Innovation Score is 63.4/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Rutgers?

Each dot is one of Rutgers’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). Rutgers’s own 15.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Rutgers's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey received 299 grants versus 346 in 2015–2019 (-14% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 91 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 47. Lead class A61K accounts for 37.5% of the portfolio across 196 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Osaka University (#635) and Callaway Golf Company (#643).

Rutgers's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey moved from 184 to 172 grants (0.94x 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 #1,375. See the growth leaderboard.

Osaka University

702
Autodesk

700
Square

699
Lite-on Technology

699
Rutgers the State… ◀

698
Arizona Board of…

696
Centurylink Intel…

695
Cerner Innovation

695
Callaway Golf

694

What this shows Rutgers holds 698 patents at rank #639, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rutgers

By rank, the assignees closest to #639 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Rutgers, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Rutgers ranks #59 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC 63 KCI Licensing, Inc. 63 Stratasys Ltd. 63 Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin 63

Similar claim depth

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

Eastman Kodak Company 15.8 avg General Motors LLC 15.8 avg Office National D'etudes ET DE Recherches AÉROSPATIALES 15.8 avg Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO 15.8 avg

Rutgers's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 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 · 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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Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	66	9.5%
2016	91	13.0%
2017	69	9.9%
2018	63	9.0%
2019	57	8.2%
2020	72	10.3%
2021	55	7.9%
2022	71	10.2%
2023	47	6.7%
2024	54	7.7%
2025partial year	53	7.6%

Which technologies does Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 262

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 193

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 107

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 100

C07K - Peptides 90

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 84

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 66

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 62

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 42

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 33

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 33

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 31

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 30

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 29

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 27

Top 15 of 196 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

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #639 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey against Osaka University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.4/100 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

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