Where does The Population Council, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Population Council, Inc. ranks #16,441 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 Population Council, Inc. hold?

The Population Council, Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is The Population Council, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

The Population Council, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.6 out of 100 (31st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does The Population Council, Inc. focus on?

The Population Council, Inc.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 16 patents, ranking #1,413 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Population Council, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Population Council, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +83% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for The Population Council, Inc.'s patents?

The Population Council, Inc.'s patents average 14.3 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 Population Council, Inc. 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 Population Council, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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 #16,441 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 4 technology areas.

#16,441
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.6/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: +83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16441 · US Corporation #16,441 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,441/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Automation…
CPC-NARROW A61K · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Automation Partnership (Cambridge) Limited (±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 29.6 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 10.2 pts (34%) Velocity 3.8 pts (13%) Breadth 7.1 pts (24%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (29%)

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 29.6/100 (31st percentile 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 14.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The Population Council, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, The sits between The Automation Partnership (Cambridge) Limited and Tomra Sorting GmbH.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Population Council, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

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What this shows The holds 18 patents at rank #16,451, 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 #16,451 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)

30 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The Population Council, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	16.7%
2017	1	5.6%
2018	2	11.1%
2020	3	16.7%
2021	4	22.2%
2022	2	11.1%
2023	2	11.1%
2025partial year	1	5.6%

Which technologies does The Population Council, Inc. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 16

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 11

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 9

C07J - Steroids 1

Top 4 of 4 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 Population Council, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Population Council, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #16,441 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Population Council, Inc. against The Automation Partnership (Cambridge) Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.6/100 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

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