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The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 23 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, The ranks #14,991 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 23 technology areas.

#14,991
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.1/100)
17.8
avg claims per patent
-88%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14991 · Foreign Corporation #14,991 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
  • MID-PACK #14,991/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Test Research
  • CPC-FOCUS A61K · 23 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 38.1/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-DROP -88% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Test Research, 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 The’s 38.1 Innovation Score adds up

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

Innovation-score neighbourhood around The

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 38.1/100 (top 42% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

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 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 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. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 19.919.92020.1 05101520 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Test Research, Inc. - 20, 13.55Test ResearchThales Defense & Security, Inc. - 20, 14.7Thales Defense &…The Abell Foundation, Inc. - 20, 14.95The Abell Foundat…The American University in Cairo - 20, 11.55The American Univ…The Gap, Inc. - 20, 13.05The GapThe Government of the United States of America, as represent by the Secretary of the Navy - 20, 10.9The Government of…The J. David Gladstone Institute, a testamentary trust established under the Will of J. David Gladstone - 20, 14.35The J David Glads…The L.D. Kichler Co. - 20, 5.35The L D KichlerThe Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford - 20, 17.75The Chancellor Ma…
The vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where The's grants concentrate

The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 45% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, The sits between Test Research, Inc. and The L.D. Kichler Co..

Who files at The's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows The holds 20 patents at rank #14,997, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,997 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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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 Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2015 7 35.0%
2016 2 10.0%
2017 2 10.0%
2018 3 15.0%
2019 3 15.0%
2020 1 5.0%
2021 1 5.0%
2025partial year 1 5.0%

Which technologies does The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford patent most?

Top 15 of 23 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 Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 45% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
  • Ranked #14,991 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford against Test Research, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 38.1/100 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

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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

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.