Stowers Institute FOR Medical Research
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 9 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Stowers ranks #18,147 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 9 technology areas.
- #18,147
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- 38th percentile
- by Innovation Score (31.6/100)
- 14.2
- avg claims per patent
- -25%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R18147 · US Corporation #18,147 · 16 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
- MID-PACK #18,147/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Spirit
- CPC-NARROW A61K · 9 areas
- INNOV-THIN 31.6/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-DOWN -25% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Spirit 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 Stowers’s 31.6 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Stowers
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Stowers Institute… · this assignee 32
Stowers Institute… · this assignee
32 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Stowers's Innovation Score is 31.6/100 (38th 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 Stowers?
Each dot is one of Stowers’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). Stowers’s own 14.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Stowers's grants concentrate
Stowers Institute FOR Medical Research is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Stowers sits between Spirit LLC and Suzhou Ribo Life Science Co., Ltd..
Stowers's three-year grant acceleration
Stowers Institute FOR Medical Research shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.
Who files at Stowers's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Spirit
Spirit LLC
16 patents
- SPX Fitness
SPX Fitness, Inc.
16 patents
- Starting Industri…
Starting Industrial Co., Ltd.
16 patents
- Stone Lock Global
Stone Lock Global, Inc.
16 patents
- Strategic Sports
Strategic Sports Limited
16 patents
- Supfina Grieshabe…
Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG
16 patents
- Suture Ease
Suture Ease, Inc.
16 patents
- Suzhou Ribo Life…
Suzhou Ribo Life Science Co., Ltd.
16 patents
- Stowers Institute… ◀
Stowers Institute FOR Medical Research
16 patents
What this shows Stowers holds 16 patents at rank #18,107, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Stowers
By rank, the assignees closest to #18,107 in granted patent volume.
- Spirit LLC #18,103 · 16 patents
- SPX Fitness, Inc. #18,104 · 16 patents
- Starting Industrial Co., Ltd. #18,105 · 16 patents
- Stone Lock Global, Inc. #18,106 · 16 patents
- Strategic Sports Limited #18,108 · 16 patents
- Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG #18,109 · 16 patents
- Suture Ease, Inc. #18,110 · 16 patents
- Suzhou Ribo Life Science Co., Ltd. #18,111 · 16 patents
Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Stowers's primary technology class.
- The Regents of the University of California 1,779 in class
- L'Oreal 1,250 in class
- Novartis AG 988 in class
- The Procter & Gamble Company 985 in class
- The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System 950 in class
- The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services 813 in class
- The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania 768 in class
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC 760 in class
Stowers's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
32 38th percentile higher than 38% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2018 | 3 | 18.8% |
| 2019 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2021 | 3 | 18.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 12.5% |
Which technologies does Stowers Institute FOR Medical Research patent most?
Top 9 of 9 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Stowers Institute FOR Medical Research's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Stowers Institute FOR Medical Research's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
- Ranked #18,147 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Stowers Institute FOR Medical Research against Spirit LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 31.6/100 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.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.