Where does Temple University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Temple University ranks #37,869 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 Temple University hold?

Temple University holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Temple University's Innovation Score?

Temple University has an Innovation Score of 25.1 out of 100 (16th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Temple University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Temple University's recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Temple University's patents?

Temple University's patents average 11.3 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 Temple 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

Temple University

Q: What technology areas does Temple University focus on?

Temple University's top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Temple ranks #37,869 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 10 technology areas.

#37,869
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 16th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.1/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37869 · US Corporation #37,869 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,869/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Teleport MED
CPC-FOCUS A61P · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Teleport MED, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aviex Textnologies · near

25
Fimbrion Therapeutics · near

25
Rock River Arms · near

25
Temple University · this assignee

25
Tristar Products · near

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Temple's Innovation Score is 25.1/100 (16th 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.

Where Temple's grants concentrate

Temple University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Temple sits between Teleport MED, LLC and Tesca France.

Teleport MED

7
Televic Conference

7
Teloip

7
Temper IP

7
Tensys Medical

7
Terex Cranes Germ…

7
Terno Scorrevoli…

7
Tesca France

7
Temple University ◀

7

What this shows Temple holds 7 patents at rank #37,811, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Temple

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,811 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Temple, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (25 here).

Rock River Arms, Inc. 25 Tristar Products, Inc. 25 Aviex Textnologies LLC 25 Fimbrion Therapeutics, Inc 25

Temple's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 16th percentile higher than 16% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Temple University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Temple University patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

C07K - Peptides 2

H05G - X-ray Technique 1

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 1

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

C12Y - Enzymes 1

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

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 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#37,869

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

25.1 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

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

Temple University's lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #37,869 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Temple University against Teleport MED, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.1/100 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

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.