Where does The University of Birmingham rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The University of Birmingham ranks #5,720 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 Birmingham hold?

The University of Birmingham holds 60 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 63 technology areas.

What is The University of Birmingham's Innovation Score?

The University of Birmingham has an Innovation Score of 56.3 out of 100 (top 6% 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 University of Birmingham focus on?

The University of Birmingham's top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 22 patents, ranking #884 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 63 CPC subclasses total.

Is The University of Birmingham's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The University of Birmingham's recent grant velocity is +22% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for The University of Birmingham's patents?

The University of Birmingham's patents average 17.4 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 Birmingham 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 Foreign Corporation

The University of Birmingham

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 60 granted patents across 63 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #5,720 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 60 patents across 63 technology areas.

#5,720
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.3/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: +22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5720 · Foreign Corporation #5,720 · 60 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 60 grants
UPPER-Q #5,720/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Switchlab (Shanghai)
CPC-WIDE A61P · 63 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Switchlab (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (±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 56.3 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 14.2 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amyris · near

56
Emhart Glass · near

56
Gigajot Technology · near

56
Hgst Netherlands B V · near

56
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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 56.3/100 (top 6% 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 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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 Birmingham received 33 grants versus 27 in 2015–2019 (+22% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 12 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1. Lead class A61P accounts for 36.7% of the portfolio across 63 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Switchlab (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (#5,715) and Wowza Media Systems, LLC (#5,723).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The University of Birmingham moved from 20 to 20 grants (1.00x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

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What this shows The holds 60 patents at rank #5,719, 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 #5,719 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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 A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…), The ranks #884 of 6,058 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Amyris, Inc. 56 Gigajot Technology, Inc. 56 Hgst Netherlands, B.V. 56 Emhart Glass S.A. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.4 here).

Face International Corporaton 17.4 avg Sphero, Inc. 17.4 avg Trumpf Laser- UND Systemtechnik GMBH 17.4 avg Evalve, Inc. 17.4 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

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 Birmingham patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.7%
2016	3	5.0%
2017	12	20.0%
2018	4	6.7%
2019	7	11.7%
2020	9	15.0%
2021	4	6.7%
2022	8	13.3%
2023	5	8.3%
2024	7	11.7%

Which technologies does The University of Birmingham patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 22

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 22

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 18

C07K - Peptides 13

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 9

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 9

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

B01D - Separation 3

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 3

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 3

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 3

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 3

Top 15 of 63 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 University of Birmingham's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The University of Birmingham's lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 36.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #5,720 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The University of Birmingham against Switchlab (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.3/100 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.

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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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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