Where does Seton Hall University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Seton Hall University ranks #33,218 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 Seton Hall University hold?

Seton Hall University holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Seton Hall University's Innovation Score?

Seton Hall University has an Innovation Score of 34.6 out of 100 (48th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Seton Hall University focus on?

Seton Hall University's top technology area is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds) with 3 patents, ranking #1,866 of 3,165 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Seton Hall University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Seton Hall 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 Seton Hall University's patents?

Seton Hall University's patents average 15.3 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 Seton Hall 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

Seton Hall University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Seton ranks #33,218 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 17 technology areas.

#33,218
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.6/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33218 · US Corporation #33,218 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,218/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sensia Netherlands B V
CPC-FOCUS C07D · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sensia Netherlands B.V. (±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 Seton’s 34.6 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 7.6 pts (22%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 14.6 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Comenity · near

35
LBP Manufacturing · near

35
Oclaro Japan · near

35
Seton Hall University · this assignee

35
SÖDRA SKOGSÄGARNA… · near

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Seton's Innovation Score is 34.6/100 (48th percentile 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 Seton?

Each dot is one of Seton’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). Seton’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Seton's grants concentrate

Seton Hall University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Seton sits between Sensia Netherlands B.V. and Shanghai Makesens Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd..

Seton's three-year grant acceleration

Seton Hall University shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Sensia Netherland…

8
Serres Oy

8
Servi-sure

8
Servomex Group

8
Sfara

8
Shaanxi Universit…

8
Shaare Zedek Scie…

8
Shanghai Makesens…

8
Seton Hall Univer… ◀

8

What this shows Seton holds 8 patents at rank #33,345, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Seton

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,345 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Seton, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), Seton ranks #1,866 of 3,165 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

SÖDRA SKOGSÄGARNA Ekonomisk FÖRENING 35 LBP Manufacturing LLC 35 Comenity LLC 35 Oclaro Japan, Inc. 35

Seton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

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

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Seton Hall University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	37.5%
2018	2	25.0%
2021	2	25.0%
2024	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Seton Hall University patent most?

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 3

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 3

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 2

B01D - Separation 2

C07K - Peptides 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 1

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 15 of 17 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Seton Hall University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Seton Hall University's lead technology class is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07D
Ranked #33,218 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Seton Hall University against Sensia Netherlands B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.6/100 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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