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THE University OF Kitakyushu

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #43,629 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 15 technology areas.

#43,629
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.7/100)
12.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43629 · Foreign Corporation #43,629 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

  • GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
  • LOWER-Q #43,629/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH THE Safer Plug
  • CPC-FOCUS A61P · 15 areas
  • INNOV-PAR 47.7/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 12.2 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
  • BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: THE Safer Plug Company 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 47.7 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around THE

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 47.7/100 (top 18% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

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 12.2 claims/patent is at or below the 17.2 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. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 5.96.06.066.06.06.1 51015202530 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent THE Safer Plug Company Limited - 6, 26.67THE Safer PlugTHE Switch Drive Systems OY - 6, 17THE Switch Drive…THE Ultimate Software Group, Inc. - 6, 25.67THE Ultimate Soft…THE United States OF America, Department OF Health AND Human Services - 6, 19.33THE United States…THE Viki Group, LLC - 6, 19THE Viki GroupTHE Young Engineers, Inc. - 6, 8.17THE Young Enginee…Theracos SUB, LLC - 6, 17.17Theracos SUBTheravalues Corporation - 6, 12.67TheravaluesTHE University OF Kitakyushu - 6, 12.17THE University OF…
THE vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where THE's grants concentrate

THE University OF Kitakyushu is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). By volume, THE sits between THE Safer Plug Company Limited and Theravalues Corporation.

THE's three-year grant acceleration

THE University OF Kitakyushu shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Who files at THE's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows THE holds 6 patents at rank #43,535, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near THE

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,535 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.

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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THE University OF Kitakyushu patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2020 1 16.7%
2022 1 16.7%
2023 1 16.7%
2024 1 16.7%
2025partial year 2 33.3%

Which technologies does THE University OF Kitakyushu patent most?

Top 15 of 15 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

  • THE University OF Kitakyushu's lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
  • Ranked #43,629 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare THE University OF Kitakyushu against THE Safer Plug Company Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 47.7/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.