Where does The Catholic University of America rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Catholic University of America ranks #10,201 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 The Catholic University of America hold?

The Catholic University of America holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is The Catholic University of America's Innovation Score?

The Catholic University of America has an Innovation Score of 51.7 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is The Catholic University of America's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Catholic University of America's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 The Catholic University of America's patents?

The Catholic University of America's patents average 26.3 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 The Catholic University of America 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

The Catholic University of America

Q: What technology areas does The Catholic University of America focus on?

The Catholic University of America's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 20 patents, ranking #542 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 26 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: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #10,201 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 26 technology areas.

#10,201
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.7/100): 26.3
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10201 · US Corporation #10,201 · 31 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,201/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tate & Lyle…
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas 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.

How The’s 51.7 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 12.0 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (13%) Breadth 18.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Basell Polyolefine · near

52
Kymera Therapeutics · near

52
MLOptic · near

52
Teleflex Life Sciences · near

52
The Catholic… · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 51.7/100 (top 11% 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 26.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The Catholic University of America is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 64.5% of grants classified under C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, The sits between Trixell and Universidade DE Santiago DE Compostela.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Catholic University of America shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Trixell

31
TTP

31
TVA Medical

31
Tate & Lyle Ingre…

31
Tintri by DDN

31
Tyco France SAS

31
Universidad Polit…

31
Universidade DE S…

31
The Catholic Univ… ◀

31

What this shows The holds 31 patents at rank #10,207, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,207 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), The ranks #542 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. 52 MLOptic Corp. 52 Teleflex Life Sciences LLC 52 Basell Polyolefine GmbH 52

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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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The Catholic University of America patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	9.7%
2016	4	12.9%
2017	6	19.4%
2018	5	16.1%
2019	2	6.5%
2020	2	6.5%
2021	2	6.5%
2022	3	9.7%
2023	2	6.5%
2024	1	3.2%
2025partial year	1	3.2%

Which technologies does The Catholic University of America patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 20

C07K - Peptides 16

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 12

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 5

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

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 3

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

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 1

Top 15 of 26 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

The Catholic University of America's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Catholic University of America's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 64.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #10,201 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Catholic University of America against Trixell, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.7/100 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

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