Where does Saint Louis University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Saint Louis University ranks #3,982 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 Saint Louis University hold?

Saint Louis University holds 91 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 48 technology areas.

What is Saint Louis University's Innovation Score?

Saint Louis University has an Innovation Score of 53.7 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%).

Is Saint Louis University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Saint Louis University'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 Saint Louis University's patents?

Saint Louis University's patents average 14.3 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 Saint Louis 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 US Corporation

Saint Louis University

Q: What technology areas does Saint Louis University focus on?

Saint Louis University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 48 patents. Grants appear in 48 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 91 granted patents across 48 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, Saint ranks #3,982 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 91 patents across 48 technology areas.

#3,982
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.7/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3982 · US Corporation #3,982 · 91 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 91 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,982/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sage Therapeutics
CPC-WIDE A61K · 48 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (±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
Databricks · near

54
Adient Aerospace · near

54
Institut National… · near

54
Nippon Steel &… · near

54
Saint Louis University · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Saint's Innovation Score is 53.7/100 (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.

Where Saint's grants concentrate

Saint Louis University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 48 CPC subclasses with 52.7% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (14 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2017. By volume, Saint sits between SOCIÉTÉ BIC and Transdermal Biotechnology, Inc..

Saint's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Saint Louis University moved from 31 to 23 grants (0.74x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

SOCIÉTÉ BIC

91
Suzhou Opple Ligh…

91
Synventive Moldin…

91
Sage Therapeutics

91
Silgan White Cap

91
Tango Networks

91
Tsmc Nanjing

91
Transdermal Biote…

91
Saint Louis Unive… ◀

91

What this shows Saint holds 91 patents at rank #3,985, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Saint

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,985 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Institut National DES Sciences APPLIQUÉES DE Lyon 54 Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation 54 Adient Aerospace, LLC 54 Databricks, Inc. 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.3 here).

Element Six Technologies Limited 14.3 avg UNIVERSITÉ Paris-sud 14.3 avg Cadila Healthcare Ltd. 14.3 avg Singapore Health Services PTE. Ltd. 14.3 avg

Saint's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 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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Saint Louis University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	15.4%
2016	6	6.6%
2017	5	5.5%
2018	7	7.7%
2019	11	12.1%
2020	13	14.3%
2021	7	7.7%
2022	6	6.6%
2023	8	8.8%
2024	9	9.9%
2025partial year	5	5.5%

Which technologies does Saint Louis University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 48

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 34

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 23

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 21

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 20

C07K - Peptides 16

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

C12Y - Enzymes 12

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 6

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 6

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 5

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 5

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 5

C06B - Explosives OR Thermic Compositions ; Manufacture THEREOF; USE OF Single Substances AS Explosives 4

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 4

Top 15 of 48 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,982

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

53.7 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

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

Saint Louis University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 52.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #3,982 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Saint Louis University against SOCIÉTÉ BIC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.7/100 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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