Where does The Governing Council of the University of Toronto rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Governing Council of the University of Toronto ranks #1,412 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 Governing Council of the University of Toronto hold?

The Governing Council of the University of Toronto holds 298 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 130 technology areas.

What is The Governing Council of the University of Toronto's Innovation Score?

The Governing Council of the University of Toronto has an Innovation Score of 61.5 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 The Governing Council of the University of Toronto's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Governing Council of the University of Toronto's recent grant velocity is +41% 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 The Governing Council of the University of Toronto's patents?

The Governing Council of the University of Toronto's patents average 18.8 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

The Governing Council of the University of Toronto

Q: What technology areas does The Governing Council of the University of Toronto focus on?

The Governing Council of the University of Toronto's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 70 patents, ranking #211 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 130 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the The Governing Council of the University of Toronto 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 PatentsView assignee record - 298 granted patents across 130 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #1,412 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 298 patents across 130 technology areas.

#1,412
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.5/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: +41%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1412 · Foreign Corporation #1,412 · 298 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 298 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,412/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Applied Medical…
CPC-WIDE G01N · 130 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +41% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Applied Medical Resources Corporation (±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 61.5 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 19.7 pts (32%) Velocity 5.6 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (18%)

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 61.5/100 (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.

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 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.1 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.

How The's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, The Governing Council of the University of Toronto received 159 grants versus 113 in 2015–2019 (+41% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 39 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 13. Lead class G01N accounts for 23.5% of the portfolio across 130 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Greatbatch Ltd. (#1,408) and Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd. (#1,416).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The Governing Council of the University of Toronto moved from 105 to 88 grants (0.84x 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 #1,696. See the growth leaderboard.

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What this shows The holds 298 patents at rank #1,412, 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 #1,412 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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 G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), The ranks #211 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Adobe Systems Incorporated 62 Continental Automotive GMBH 62 Denka Company Limited 62 Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.8 here).

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited 18.8 avg OpenTV, Inc. 18.8 avg Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV 18.8 avg Li-cor, Inc. 18.8 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 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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The Governing Council of the University of Toronto patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	4.4%
2016	20	6.7%
2017	27	9.1%
2018	19	6.4%
2019	34	11.4%
2020	34	11.4%
2021	37	12.4%
2022	39	13.1%
2023	26	8.7%
2024	23	7.7%
2025partial year	26	8.7%

Which technologies does The Governing Council of the University of Toronto patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 70

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 61

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 45

C07K - Peptides 43

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 35

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 32

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 26

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 23

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 22

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 21

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 17

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 16

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 14

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 13

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 13

Top 15 of 130 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 Governing Council of the University of Toronto's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Governing Council of the University of Toronto's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 23.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #1,412 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Governing Council of the University of Toronto against Greatbatch Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.5/100 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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