Where does Southern Medical University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Southern Medical University ranks #37,641 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 Southern Medical University hold?

Southern Medical University holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Southern Medical University's Innovation Score?

Southern Medical University has an Innovation Score of 26.9 out of 100 (22nd 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 Southern Medical University focus on?

Southern Medical 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 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Southern Medical University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Southern Medical University's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Southern Medical University's patents?

Southern Medical University's patents average 9.7 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 Southern Medical 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 Foreign Government

Southern Medical University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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, Southern ranks #37,641 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 12 technology areas.

#37,641
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (26.9/100): 9.7
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37641 · Foreign Government #37,641 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNGOV · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,641/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Somnetics Internatio…
CPC-FOCUS C07D · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNGOV Foreign Gov
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Somnetics International, 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.

How Southern’s 26.9 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 7.2 pts (27%) Velocity 1.7 pts (6%) Breadth 12.2 pts (45%) Claim depth 5.8 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BravoTek · near

27
AdviNow · near

27
Intelligent… · near

27
Southern Medical… · this assignee

27
Hinkley Lighting · near

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Southern's Innovation Score is 26.9/100 (22nd 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 Southern?

Each dot is one of Southern’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). Southern’s own 9.7 claims/patent is at or below the 10.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Southern's grants concentrate

Southern Medical University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Southern sits between Somnetics International, Inc. and Spacesaver Corporation.

Southern's three-year grant acceleration

Southern Medical University shows 1 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.

Somnetics Interna…

7
Soteria Industries

7
Soundbite Communi…

7
South China Botan…

7
Southern Plant Gr…

7
Sovema Group S P A

7
SP Technology

7
Spacesaver

7
Southern Medical… ◀

7

What this shows Southern holds 7 patents at rank #37,460, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Southern

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,460 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (27 here).

AdviNow, Inc. 27 Intelligent Bio-Systems, Inc. 27 Hinkley Lighting, Inc. 27 BravoTek Electronics Co., Ltd. 27

Southern's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2022

Grants by year

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

View data table

Southern Medical University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	3	42.9%
2020	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Southern Medical University patent most?

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 3

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 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 2

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

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

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 1

C07K - Peptides 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Southern Medical University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Southern Medical University's lead technology class is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07D
Ranked #37,641 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Southern Medical University against Somnetics International, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.9/100 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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