USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Swinburne University OF Technology

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 27 technology areas, active 2017–2024. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: 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).

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

13.1

Avg claims per patent

+50%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Swinburne holds 10 US patents across 27 technology areas, rank #27,404 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#27,404
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.9/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: +50%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Swinburne University OF Technology has been granted 10 US utility patents between 2017 and 2024, placing Swinburne University OF Technology at rank #27,404 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 27 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 13.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in 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). As a Foreign Corporation, Swinburne University OF Technology is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Swinburne sits between Sungbo Industrial Co., Ltd. (10 patents, rank #27,400) and SYNC Power Corp. (10 patents, rank #27,408) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 39.9/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 6 grants, compared with 4 in the 2015–2019 window, a +50% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Swinburne University OF Technology's 13.1 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 27 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Swinburne University OF Technology against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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What this shows Swinburne holds 10 patents at rank #27,404, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Swinburne

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,404 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Swinburne's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 50,000 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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Swinburne University OF Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	10.0%
2019	3	30.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2022	2	20.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Swinburne University OF Technology patent most?

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 4

B29L - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES 2

Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

C08J - WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H 2

B05C - APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL 2

B22F - WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER ; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 2

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 2

C22B - PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS ; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS 1

C21B - MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL 1

G01L - MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE 1

B32B - LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM 1

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 1

B29K - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR ; MOULDS, ; REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS 1

Top 15 of 27 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Light

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#27,404

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

39.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Swinburne University OF Technology hold?

Swinburne University OF Technology holds 10 US granted patents filed between 2017 and 2024, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Swinburne University OF Technology's Innovation Score?

Swinburne University OF Technology has an Innovation Score of 39.9 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Swinburne University OF Technology focus on?

Swinburne University OF Technology's top technology area is 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) with 4 patents. The company has filed patents in 27 CPC subclasses total.

Is Swinburne University OF Technology's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Swinburne University OF Technology's recent filing velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

What does claim depth mean for Swinburne University OF Technology's patents?

Swinburne University OF Technology's patents average 13.1 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Swinburne University OF Technology 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.

How to use this portfolio

Swinburne's 10 grants land it in the top 37% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Swinburne ranks #27,404 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in B29C - see who else leads that technology area. B29C leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team

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.