Where does Tennessee Technological University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tennessee Technological University ranks #15,682 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 Tennessee Technological University hold?

Tennessee Technological University holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Tennessee Technological University's Innovation Score?

Tennessee Technological University has an Innovation Score of 54.8 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Tennessee Technological University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Tennessee Technological University.

What does claim depth mean for Tennessee Technological University's patents?

Tennessee Technological University's patents average 15.1 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 Tennessee Technological 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

Tennessee Technological University

Q: What technology areas does Tennessee Technological University focus on?

Tennessee Technological University's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 7 patents, ranking #1,663 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tennessee ranks #15,682 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 28 technology areas.

#15,682
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (54.8/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15682 · US Corporation #15,682 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,682/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tamr
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tamr, Inc. (±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 Tennessee’s 54.8 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 10.3 pts (19%) Velocity 16.7 pts (31%) Breadth 18.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (16%)

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What this shows Tennessee's Innovation Score is 54.8/100 (top 7% 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 Tennessee?

Each dot is one of Tennessee’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). Tennessee’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tennessee's grants concentrate

Tennessee Technological University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 36.8% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Tennessee sits between Tamr, Inc. and THE Yoshida Dental MFG. Co., Ltd..

Tennessee's three-year grant acceleration

Tennessee Technological University shows 10 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.

Tamr

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Techmah Medical

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THE European Unio…

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THE Royal College…

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What this shows Tennessee holds 19 patents at rank #15,674, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tennessee

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,674 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Tennessee's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Tennessee Technological University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	10.5%
2021	2	10.5%
2022	3	15.8%
2023	6	31.6%
2024	1	5.3%
2025partial year	5	26.3%

Which technologies does Tennessee Technological University patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 7

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 4

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 4

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

H04B - Transmission 3

F02C - Gas-turbine PLANTS; AIR Intakes FOR Jet-propulsion PLANTS; Controlling Fuel Supply IN Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants 2

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 2

F02K - Jet-propulsion Plants 2

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 2

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 2

F03B - Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids 2

F03D - Wind Motors 2

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 2

Top 15 of 28 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

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

Tennessee Technological University's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 36.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #15,682 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tennessee Technological University against Tamr, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.8/100 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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