Where does Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund ranks #23,511 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 Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund hold?

Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund's Innovation Score?

Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund has an Innovation Score of 36.3 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund focus on?

Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 2 patents, ranking #6,173 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund's recent grant velocity is -17% 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 Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund's patents?

Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund's patents average 11.7 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 Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund 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 Corporation

Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 19 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Technische ranks #23,511 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 19 technology areas.

#23,511
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.3/100): 11.7
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23511 · Foreign Corporation #23,511 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,511/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taiwan Main…
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taiwan Main Orthopaedic Biotechnology Co., 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.

How Technische’s 36.3 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 8.9 pts (25%) Velocity 5.0 pts (14%) Breadth 15.4 pts (42%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (19%)

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What this shows Technische's Innovation Score is 36.3/100 (top 47% 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 Technische?

Each dot is one of Technische’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). Technische’s own 11.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 5.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Technische's grants concentrate

Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 16.7% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Technische sits between Taiwan Main Orthopaedic Biotechnology Co., Ltd. and Test Rite Product Corp..

Technische's three-year grant acceleration

Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund shows 3 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.

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What this shows Technische holds 12 patents at rank #23,494, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Technische

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,494 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Technische's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% 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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Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2016	2	16.7%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	2	16.7%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	2	16.7%
2023	1	8.3%
2025partial year	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

B03C - Magnetic OR Electrostatic Separation OF Solid Materials From Solid Materials OR FLUIDS; Separation BY High-voltage Electric Fields 2

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 2

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

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

H04B - Transmission 1

C12Y - Enzymes 1

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 1

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

Top 15 of 19 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 16.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #23,511 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Technische UNIVERSITÄT Dortmund against Taiwan Main Orthopaedic Biotechnology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.3/100 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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