USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

The Penn State Research Foundation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 480 granted patents across 188 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: A61K (PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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480

Total patents granted

188

CPC technology areas

16.5

Avg claims per patent

+3%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

The holds 480 US patents across 188 technology areas, rank #930 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#930
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.4/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: +3%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

The Penn State Research Foundation has been granted 480 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing The Penn State Research Foundation at rank #930 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 188 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 16.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61K (PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES). As a Foreign Corporation, The Penn State Research Foundation is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, The sits between The Swatch Group Research And Development Ltd (482 patents, rank #926) and Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (476 patents, rank #934) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 61.4/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 244 grants, compared with 236 in the 2015–2019 window, a +3% shift in five-year velocity. Steady filing volume suggests sustained innovation without dramatic pivots. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. The Penn State Research Foundation's 16.5 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a diversified footprint across 100+ CPC subclasses spreads risk across many technology fronts. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark The Penn State Research Foundation against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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What this shows The holds 480 patents at rank #930, 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 #930 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, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 50,000 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 Penn State Research Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	34	7.1%
2016	39	8.1%
2017	63	13.1%
2018	46	9.6%
2019	54	11.3%
2020	51	10.6%
2021	45	9.4%
2022	42	8.8%
2023	38	7.9%
2024	36	7.5%
2025	32	6.7%

Which technologies does The Penn State Research Foundation patent most?

A61K - PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES 92

A61P - SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS 74

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 55

C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA 54

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 48

C07K - PEPTIDES 36

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 29

Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION 26

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 26

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 23

C12Y - ENZYMES 21

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 21

A61M - DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY ; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY ; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR 21

B01D - SEPARATION 20

B33Y - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING 19

Top 15 of 188 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Diversified

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Growing

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#930

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does The Penn State Research Foundation hold?

The Penn State Research Foundation holds 480 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 188 technology areas.

What is The Penn State Research Foundation's Innovation Score?

The Penn State Research Foundation has an Innovation Score of 61.4 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does The Penn State Research Foundation focus on?

The Penn State Research Foundation's top technology area is A61K (PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES) with 92 patents. The company has filed patents in 188 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Penn State Research Foundation's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

The Penn State Research Foundation's recent filing velocity is +3% compared to the prior five-year period. The company is maintaining or growing its patent output.

What does claim depth mean for The Penn State Research Foundation's patents?

The Penn State Research Foundation's patents average 16.5 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the The Penn State Research Foundation 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.

How to use this portfolio

The's 480 grants land it in the top 3% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - The ranks #930 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in A61K - see who else leads that technology area. A61K leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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.