Where does San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation ranks #11,793 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 San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation hold?

San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation's Innovation Score?

San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation has an Innovation Score of 64.6 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 San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation focus on?

San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 10 patents, ranking #2,196 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

Is San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation's recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation's patents?

San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation's patents average 20.4 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

San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation

Q: How is the San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation 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 - 26 granted patents across 35 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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, San ranks #11,793 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 35 technology areas.

#11,793
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.6/100): 20.4
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11793 · US Corporation #11,793 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,793/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Samsung Electro-Meha…
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 35 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Samsung Electro-Mehanics Co., Ltd. (±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 San’s 64.6 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 11.4 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (31%) Breadth 20.9 pts (32%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
HRL Laboratories · near

65
Olympus · near

65
San Diego State… · this assignee

65
Trinamix · near

65
General Atomics… · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows San's Innovation Score is 64.6/100 (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 San?

Each dot is one of San’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). San’s own 20.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where San's grants concentrate

San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 38.5% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, San sits between Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG and Shanghai Ocean University.

San's three-year grant acceleration

San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Staedtler Mars &…

26
Sunstar

26
Syncrude Canada i…

26
Samsung Electro-m…

26
Sandvik Mining an…

26
Senic

26
Sequana Medical

26
Shanghai Ocean Un…

26
San Diego State U… ◀

26

What this shows San holds 26 patents at rank #11,809, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near San

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,809 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for San, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), San ranks #2,196 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Trinamix GMBH 65 HRL Laboratories, LLC 65 Olympus Corporation 65 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. 65

San's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 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 · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	3.8%
2018	4	15.4%
2019	1	3.8%
2020	2	7.7%
2021	1	3.8%
2022	3	11.5%
2023	2	7.7%
2024	7	26.9%
2025partial year	5	19.2%

Which technologies does San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 10

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 8

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

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 5

C07K - Peptides 5

H04B - Transmission 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 2

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 2

A23K - Fodder 2

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 2

Top 15 of 35 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

San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 38.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #11,793 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation against Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.6/100 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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