Where does Santa Clara University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Santa Clara University ranks #9,365 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 Santa Clara University hold?

Santa Clara University holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is Santa Clara University's Innovation Score?

Santa Clara University has an Innovation Score of 44.5 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Santa Clara University focus on?

Santa Clara University's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 17 patents, ranking #880 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

Is Santa Clara University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Santa Clara University's recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Santa Clara University's patents?

Santa Clara University's patents average 12.2 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 Santa Clara 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

Santa Clara University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 36 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Santa ranks #9,365 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 36 technology areas.

#9,365
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.5/100): 12.2
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9365 · US Corporation #9,365 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,365/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Robertson Intellectu…
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Robertson Intellectual Properties, 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.

How Santa’s 44.5 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 12.3 pts (28%) Velocity 3.6 pts (8%) Breadth 21.2 pts (48%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Diveplane · near

44
Grifols Worldwide… · near

44
Santa Clara University · this assignee

44
Teva Pharmaceutical… · near

44
The Henry Group · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Santa's Innovation Score is 44.5/100 (top 25% 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 Santa?

Each dot is one of Santa’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). Santa’s own 12.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Santa's grants concentrate

Santa Clara University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Santa sits between Robertson Intellectual Properties, LLC and Smart N.V..

Santa's three-year grant acceleration

Santa Clara University shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Robertson Intelle…

34
Rock Solid Indust…

34
S9

34
Saint-gobain Perf…

34
SDG

34
Shenzhen TCL Digi…

34
Shimano Component…

34
Smart

34
Santa Clara Unive… ◀

34

What this shows Santa holds 34 patents at rank #9,363, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Santa

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,363 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Santa, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Santa ranks #880 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

The Henry Group 44 Diveplane Corporation 44 Grifols Worldwide Operations Limited 44 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. 44

Santa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 25% higher than 75% 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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Santa Clara University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	5.9%
2016	4	11.8%
2017	5	14.7%
2018	4	11.8%
2019	5	14.7%
2020	6	17.6%
2022	2	5.9%
2023	2	5.9%
2024	2	5.9%
2025partial year	2	5.9%

Which technologies does Santa Clara University patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 17

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

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

G16Y - Information AND Communication Technology Specially Adapted FOR THE Internet OF Things [IoT] 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

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 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

C07K - Peptides 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

Top 15 of 36 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

Santa Clara University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Santa Clara University's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #9,365 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Santa Clara University against Robertson Intellectual Properties, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.5/100 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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