Where does THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan ranks #255 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 Regents OF THE University OF Michigan hold?

THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan holds 1,666 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 289 technology areas.

What is THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan's Innovation Score?

THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan has an Innovation Score of 66.8 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan's recent grant velocity is -4% 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 Regents OF THE University OF Michigan's patents?

THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan's patents average 17.3 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 Regents OF THE University OF Michigan 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 Regents OF THE University OF Michigan

Q: What technology areas does THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan focus on?

THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 330 patents. Grants appear in 289 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,666 granted patents across 289 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 #255 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,666 patents across 289 technology areas.

#255
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.8/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R255 · US Corporation #255 · 1,666 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.7K grants
TOP-DECILE #255/49,997
NEAR-PEER Rockwell Automation
CPC-BROAD A61K · 289 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. (±6 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Delta · near

67
Nanjing University… · near

67
THE Regents OF THE… · this assignee

67
Airoha Technology · near

67
Smith & Nephew · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 66.8/100 (top 1% 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.

How THE's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan received 751 grants versus 785 in 2015–2019 (-4% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 180 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 137. Lead class A61K accounts for 19.8% of the portfolio across 289 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Purdue Research Foundation (#251) and Au Optronics Corporation (#259).

THE's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan moved from 496 to 435 grants (0.88x 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 #1,566. See the growth leaderboard.

Purdue Research F…

1,690
Intuit

1,684
Rockwell Collins

1,679
Rockwell Automati…

1,672
THE Regents OF TH… ◀

1,666
Wisconsin Alumni…

1,659
Pure Storage

1,652
Infineon Austria

1,650
Au Optronics

1,648

What this shows THE holds 1,666 patents at rank #255, 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 #255 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Airoha Technology Corp. 67 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics 67 Smith & Nephew, Inc. 67 Delta Electronics, Inc. 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.3 here).

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. 17.3 avg Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 17.3 avg Smith & Nephew PLC 17.3 avg Staton Techiya LLC 17.3 avg

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 Regents OF THE University OF Michigan patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	140	8.4%
2016	157	9.4%
2017	154	9.2%
2018	154	9.2%
2019	180	10.8%
2020	162	9.7%
2021	154	9.2%
2022	143	8.6%
2023	137	8.2%
2024	155	9.3%
2025partial year	130	7.8%

Which technologies does THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 330

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 256

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 207

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 180

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 157

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 152

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 121

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 114

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 107

C07K - Peptides 95

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 79

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 79

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 69

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 65

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 57

Top 15 of 289 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#255

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

66.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 19.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #255 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan against Purdue Research Foundation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.8/100 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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