Where does Texas Tech University System rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Texas Tech University System ranks #2,214 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 Tech University System hold?

Texas Tech University System holds 178 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 117 technology areas.

What is Texas Tech University System's Innovation Score?

Texas Tech University System has an Innovation Score of 60.3 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Texas Tech University System's recent grant velocity is +91% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Texas Tech University System's patents average 17.1 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 Texas Tech University System 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 Tech University System

Q: What technology areas does Texas Tech University System focus on?

Texas Tech University System's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 54 patents. Grants appear in 117 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 178 granted patents across 117 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Texas ranks #2,214 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 178 patents across 117 technology areas.

#2,214
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.3/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: +91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2214 · US Corporation #2,214 · 178 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 178 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,214/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Morgan Stanley…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 117 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Morgan Stanley Services Group 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amsted Rail · near

60
National Taiwan… · near

60
Philip Morris USA · near

60
Texas Tech Universit… · this assignee

60
Westinghouse Electric · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Texas's Innovation Score is 60.3/100 (top 3% 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.

How Texas's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Texas Tech University System received 105 grants versus 55 in 2015–2019 (+91% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 25 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 4. Lead class A61K accounts for 30.3% of the portfolio across 117 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc. (#2,210) and Acco Brands Corporation (#2,218).

Texas's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Texas Tech University System moved from 62 to 66 grants (1.06x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,024. See the growth leaderboard.

Morgan Stanley Se…

178
Oxford Nanopore

178
Rockley Photonics

178
TE Connectivity S…

178
Topcon Positionin…

178
Uacj

178
Upm-kymmene

178
Texas Tech Univer… ◀

178
Acco Brands

177

What this shows Texas holds 178 patents at rank #2,214, 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 #2,214 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 60 Philip Morris USA Inc. 60 Westinghouse Electric Company LLC 60 Amsted Rail Company, Inc. 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.1 here).

New Jersey Institute of Technology 17.1 avg Colorado School of Mines 17.1 avg IGT 17.1 avg Mahle Metal Leve S/A 17.1 avg

Texas's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 Tech University System patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	2.2%
2016	9	5.1%
2017	8	4.5%
2018	11	6.2%
2019	23	12.9%
2020	17	9.6%
2021	22	12.4%
2022	21	11.8%
2023	20	11.2%
2024	25	14.0%
2025partial year	18	10.1%

Which technologies does Texas Tech University System patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 54

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 43

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 39

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 27

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 18

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 14

C07K - Peptides 13

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 12

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 12

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 9

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 9

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 9

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 8

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

Top 15 of 117 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,214

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

60.3 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

Texas Tech University System's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Texas Tech University System's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 30.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #2,214 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Texas Tech University System against Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.3/100 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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