Where does The Research Foundation For SUNY rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Research Foundation For SUNY ranks #20,521 of 50,000 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 Research Foundation For SUNY hold?

The Research Foundation For SUNY holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 43 technology areas.

What is The Research Foundation For SUNY's Innovation Score?

The Research Foundation For SUNY has an Innovation Score of 63.5 out of 100 (top 2% 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 Research Foundation For SUNY focus on?

The Research Foundation For SUNY's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 43 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Research Foundation For SUNY's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Research Foundation For SUNY's recent grant velocity is +150% 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 Research Foundation For SUNY's patents?

The Research Foundation For SUNY's patents average 18.3 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 Research Foundation For SUNY 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 Research Foundation For SUNY

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 43 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #20,521 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 43 technology areas.

#20,521
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.5/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20521 · US Corporation #20,521 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,521/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH The Curotto-Can
CPC-WIDE A61B · 43 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Curotto-can, Llc (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The Heil · near

64
The Research Foundat… · this assignee

64
Ayar Labs · near

64
Harbin Engineering U… · near

64
Line Plus · near

64
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 63.5/100 (top 2% 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.

Where The's grants concentrate

The Research Foundation For SUNY is a focused PatentsView assignee: 43 CPC subclasses with 21.4% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, The sits between The Curotto-can, Llc and The United States Of America As Represented By The Federal Bureau Of Investigation, Department Of Justice.

The Curotto-can

14
The Foundation fo…

14
The Maitland

14
The Nielson (US)

14
The Rocket Scienc…

14
The Southern

14
The United States…

14
The United States…

14
The Research Foun… ◀

14

What this shows The holds 14 patents at rank #20,538, 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 #20,538 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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 (64 here).

Harbin Engineering University 64 Ayar Labs, Inc. 64 Line Plus Corporation 64 The Heil Co. 64

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The Research Foundation For SUNY patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	14.3%
2019	2	14.3%
2020	1	7.1%
2022	2	14.3%
2023	5	35.7%
2024	2	14.3%

Which technologies does The Research Foundation For SUNY patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 3

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 2

Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS 2

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 2

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 2

Y02T - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION 2

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 1

B29C - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING 1

B22F - WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER ; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER 1

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 1

F01M - LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; LUBRICATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING 1

F04C - ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS ; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS 1

F16N - LUBRICATING 1

B27B - SAWS FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; COMPONENTS OR ACCESSORIES THEREFOR 1

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 1

Top 15 of 43 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#20,521

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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