Where does THE University OF Akron rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE University OF Akron ranks #1,339 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 University OF Akron hold?

THE University OF Akron holds 316 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 141 technology areas.

What is THE University OF Akron's Innovation Score?

THE University OF Akron has an Innovation Score of 57.3 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

THE University OF Akron's recent grant velocity is -32% 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 University OF Akron's patents?

THE University OF Akron's patents average 15.4 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 University OF Akron 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 University OF Akron

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

THE University OF Akron's top technology area is C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds) with 68 patents, ranking #56 of 1,741 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 141 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 316 granted patents across 141 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: C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #1,339 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 316 patents across 141 technology areas.

#1,339
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.3/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: -32%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1339 · US Corporation #1,339 · 316 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 316 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,339/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cummins Filtration IP
CPC-WIDE C08G · 141 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -32% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc. (±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 57.3 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 19.9 pts (35%) Velocity 3.2 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Benteler Automobilte… · near

57
EMC · near

57
Navico Holding AS · near

57
THE University OF… · this assignee

57
Wayne Fueling Systems · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 57.3/100 (top 5% 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 15.4 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 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.

How THE's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, THE University OF Akron received 122 grants versus 179 in 2015–2019 (-32% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 45 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 17. Lead class C08G accounts for 21.5% of the portfolio across 141 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Qisda Corporation (#1,335) and Furuno Electric Company Limited (#1,343).

THE's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, THE University OF Akron moved from 113 to 54 grants (0.48x 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 #2,745. See the growth leaderboard.

Qisda

317
University of Kan…

317
Cummins Filtratio…

316
On-bright (Shangh…

316
THE University OF… ◀

316
III Holdings 12

315
Manufacturing Res…

315
Masonite

315
Furuno Electric

314

What this shows THE holds 316 patents at rank #1,339, 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 #1,339 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY React…)

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 C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY React…), THE ranks #56 of 1,741 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Benteler Automobiltechnik GMBH 57 Navico Holding AS 57 EMC Corporation 57 Wayne Fueling Systems LLC 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.4 here).

Julius Blum GMBH 15.4 avg Ememory Technology Inc. 15.4 avg Sony Mobile Communications Inc. 15.4 avg Imperial Innovations Limited 15.4 avg

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 University OF Akron patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	20	6.3%
2016	24	7.6%
2017	45	14.2%
2018	45	14.2%
2019	45	14.2%
2020	32	10.1%
2021	36	11.4%
2022	18	5.7%
2023	17	5.4%
2024	19	6.0%
2025partial year	15	4.7%

Which technologies does THE University OF Akron patent most?

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 68

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 47

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 35

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 33

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 31

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 29

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 27

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 26

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 24

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 24

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 22

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 21

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 18

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 16

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 16

Top 15 of 141 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

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

THE University OF Akron's lead technology class is C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds), 21.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08G
Ranked #1,339 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE University OF Akron against Qisda Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.3/100 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

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