Overall rank by patents
#12,263
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: A61K (PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #12,263 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 23 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R12263 · Foreign Corporation #12,263 · 25 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Tangome, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Dril-quip · near
50 score
Sensia · near
50 score
The University Of Ne… · this assignee
50 score
De Beers UK · near
50 score
Discover Financial S… · near
50 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows The University Of Newcastle stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #12,263 of 50,000; Innovation Score 50.3/100 sits in the top 13% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Tangome, Inc (±0 grants).
The University Of Newcastle has been granted 25 US utility patents between 2019 and 2025, placing The University Of Newcastle at #12,263 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 23 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 14.6 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61K (PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES). As a Foreign Corporation, The University Of Newcastle is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, The sits between Tangome, Inc (25 patents, rank #12,259) and Thumbs Up Innovations Technology Co., Ltd. (25 patents, rank #12,267) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 50.3/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 19 grants, compared with 2 in the 2015–2019 window, a +850% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. The University Of Newcastle's 14.6 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 23 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
TangoMe, Inc
25 patents
Tecnotree Technologies, Inc.
25 patents
Texas Heart Institute
25 patents
The University Court of the University of Aberdeen
25 patents
Thermacell Repellents, Inc.
25 patents
Thermedical, Inc.
25 patents
Thetford LLC
25 patents
Thumbs Up Innovations Technology Co., Ltd.
25 patents
The University of Newcastle
25 patents
What this shows The holds 25 patents at rank #12,263, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #12,263 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in The's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).
The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 50,000 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2019–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 8.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | 4.0% |
| 2021 | 4 | 16.0% |
| 2022 | 5 | 20.0% |
| 2023 | 3 | 12.0% |
| 2024 | 6 | 24.0% |
| 2025partial year | 4 | 16.0% |
Top 15 of 23 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#12,263
of 50,000 tracked assignees
50.3 out of 100
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