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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The University of Manchester ranks #4,224 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 Manchester hold?

The University of Manchester holds 85 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 91 technology areas.

What is The University of Manchester's Innovation Score?

The University of Manchester has an Innovation Score of 54.6 out of 100 (top 8% 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 Manchester focus on?

The University of Manchester's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 16 patents, ranking #956 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 91 CPC subclasses total.

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

The University of Manchester's recent grant velocity is -28% 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 Manchester's patents?

The University of Manchester's patents average 19.3 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 University of Manchester 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 Manchester

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 85 granted patents across 91 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #4,224 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 85 patents across 91 technology areas.

#4,224
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.6/100): 19.3
avg claims per patent: -28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4224 · Foreign Corporation #4,224 · 85 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 85 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,224/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SFC
CPC-WIDE G01N · 91 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SFC 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 54.6 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 15.4 pts (28%) Velocity 2.6 pts (5%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Ponsse Oyj · near

55
The University of… · this assignee

55
Ultralogic 6G · near

55
Access Business… · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 54.6/100 (top 8% 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 19.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 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 Manchester received 33 grants versus 46 in 2015–2019 (-28% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 13 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 2. Lead class G01N accounts for 18.8% of the portfolio across 91 subclasses. Volume neighbours: SFC Co., Ltd. (#4,221) and Utopus Insights, Inc. (#4,229).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The University of Manchester moved from 33 to 13 grants (0.39x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

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What this shows The holds 85 patents at rank #4,225, 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 #4,225 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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 G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), The ranks #956 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Ultralogic 6G, LLC 55 Beijing Didi Infinity Technology AND Development Co., Ltd. 55 Ponsse Oyj 55 Access Business Group International LLC 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.3 here).

Stamford Devices Ltd 19.3 avg Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L) Ltd. 19.3 avg Interrad Medical, Inc. 19.3 avg The Travelers Indemnity Company 19.3 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 8% higher than 92% 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.

View data table

The University of Manchester patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	4.7%
2016	9	10.6%
2017	9	10.6%
2018	11	12.9%
2019	13	15.3%
2020	8	9.4%
2021	12	14.1%
2022	7	8.2%
2023	4	4.7%
2024	2	2.4%
2025partial year	6	7.1%

Which technologies does The University of Manchester patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 16

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 14

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 12

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 9

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 9

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 8

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 8

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 6

B01D - Separation 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

C07K - Peptides 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 5

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 5

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 5

Top 15 of 91 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 Manchester's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The University of Manchester's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 18.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #4,224 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The University of Manchester against SFC Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.6/100 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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