Where does Southern Methodist University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Southern Methodist University ranks #5,115 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 Methodist University hold?

Southern Methodist University holds 68 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 59 technology areas.

What is Southern Methodist University's Innovation Score?

Southern Methodist University has an Innovation Score of 52.6 out of 100 (top 10% 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 Methodist University focus on?

Southern Methodist University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 12 patents, ranking #1,877 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 59 CPC subclasses total.

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

Southern Methodist University's recent grant velocity is -3% 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 Methodist University's patents?

Southern Methodist University's patents average 18.3 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 Southern Methodist 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

Southern Methodist University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 68 granted patents across 59 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, Southern ranks #5,115 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 68 patents across 59 technology areas.

#5,115
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.6/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: -3%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5115 · US Corporation #5,115 · 68 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 68 grants
UPPER-Q #5,115/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Schneider Electric…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 59 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -3% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Schneider Electric (Australia) Pty 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chevron Oronite · near

53
Hexcel · near

53
Mitsubishi Heavy… · near

53
Precitec & KG · near

53
Southern Methodist… · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Southern's Innovation Score is 52.6/100 (top 10% 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.

How Southern's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Southern Methodist University received 32 grants versus 33 in 2015–2019 (-3% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 17 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 2. Lead class A61K accounts for 17.6% of the portfolio across 59 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Schneider Electric (Australia) Pty Ltd (#5,111) and Trinseo Europe GMBH (#5,119).

Southern's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Southern Methodist University moved from 33 to 10 grants (0.30x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Schneider Electri…

68
Scosche Industries

68
Scott

68
Shanghai Kohler

68
Sumitomo Precisio…

68
Tealium

68
Tracto-technik &…

68
Trinseo Europe

68
Southern Methodis… ◀

68

What this shows Southern holds 68 patents at rank #5,115, 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 #5,115 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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 A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Southern ranks #1,877 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Hexcel Corporation 53 Chevron Oronite Company LLC 53 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems, Ltd. 53 Precitec GmbH & Co. KG 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.3 here).

Leco Corporation 18.3 avg Acist Medical Systems Inc. 18.3 avg Experian Information Solutions, Inc. 18.3 avg ZIH Corp. 18.3 avg

Southern's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% 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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Southern Methodist University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	7.4%
2016	8	11.8%
2017	5	7.4%
2018	4	5.9%
2019	11	16.2%
2020	17	25.0%
2021	5	7.4%
2022	3	4.4%
2023	2	2.9%
2024	5	7.4%
2025partial year	3	4.4%

Which technologies does Southern Methodist University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 12

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 9

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 7

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 7

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 5

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 5

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

Top 15 of 59 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,115

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

52.6 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

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

Southern Methodist University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 17.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #5,115 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Southern Methodist University against Schneider Electric (Australia) Pty Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.6/100 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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