Where does Texas State University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Texas State University ranks #16,436 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 Texas State University hold?

Texas State University holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 41 technology areas.

What is Texas State University's Innovation Score?

Texas State University has an Innovation Score of 47.6 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Texas State University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Texas State University's recent grant velocity is +29% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Texas State University's patents?

Texas State University's patents average 16.7 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 Texas State 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

Texas State University

Q: What technology areas does Texas State University focus on?

Texas State University's top technology area is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 4 patents, ranking #2,874 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 41 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 41 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Texas ranks #16,436 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 41 technology areas.

#16,436
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.6/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16436 · US Corporation #16,436 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,436/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Terex Global
CPC-WIDE G06Q · 41 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Terex Global GmbH (±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 Texas’s 47.6 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 10.2 pts (21%) Velocity 4.8 pts (10%) Breadth 22.6 pts (47%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Texas State University · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Texas's Innovation Score is 47.6/100 (top 18% 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 Texas?

Each dot is one of Texas’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). Texas’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Texas's grants concentrate

Texas State University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 41 CPC subclasses with 22.2% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Texas sits between Terex Global GmbH and The Intellectual Gorilla GmbH.

Texas's three-year grant acceleration

Texas State University shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Terex Global

18
Tesaro

18
Testo SE & Kgaa

18
Texas Institute o…

18
The Automation Pa…

18
The Bradbury

18
The C W Zumbiel

18
The Intellectual…

18
Texas State Unive… ◀

18

What this shows Texas holds 18 patents at rank #16,446, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Texas

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,446 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Texas's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% 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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Texas State University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.6%
2016	2	11.1%
2017	1	5.6%
2019	3	16.7%
2020	2	11.1%
2021	2	11.1%
2022	1	5.6%
2024	4	22.2%
2025partial year	2	11.1%

Which technologies does Texas State University patent most?

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 2

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

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

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

Top 15 of 41 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

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Texas State University's lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 22.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #16,436 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Texas State University against Terex Global GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.6/100 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.

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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