Where does The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte ranks #3,213 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 North Carolina At Charlotte hold?

The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte holds 117 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 107 technology areas.

What is The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte's Innovation Score?

The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte has an Innovation Score of 54.9 out of 100 (top 7% 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 North Carolina At Charlotte focus on?

The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 17 patents, ranking #748 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 107 CPC subclasses total.

Is The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 North Carolina At Charlotte's patents?

The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte's patents average 17.9 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte

Q: How is the The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte 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 PatentsView assignee record - 117 granted patents across 107 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #3,213 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 117 patents across 107 technology areas.

#3,213
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (54.9/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3213 · US Corporation #3,213 · 117 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 117 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,213/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SmartDrive Systems
CPC-WIDE G02B · 107 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SmartDrive Systems, 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 54.9 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 16.5 pts (30%) Velocity 2.7 pts (5%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (19%)

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 54.9/100 (top 7% 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 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 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 North Carolina At Charlotte received 31 grants versus 78 in 2015–2019 (-60% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 20 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 4. Lead class G02B accounts for 14.5% of the portfolio across 107 subclasses. Volume neighbours: SmartDrive Systems, Inc. (#3,209) and Yamada Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (#3,217).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte moved from 32 to 13 grants (0.41x 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 #2,868. See the growth leaderboard.

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What this shows The holds 117 patents at rank #3,213, 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 #3,213 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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 G02B (Optical Elements), The ranks #748 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Hunting Titan, Inc. 55 Sensortek Technology Corp. 55 Yazaki Energy System Corporation 55 S.P.C.M. SA 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.9 here).

23andMe, Inc. 17.9 avg Xintec Inc. 17.9 avg Galapagos NV 17.9 avg Inguran, LLC 17.9 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 North Carolina At Charlotte patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	7.7%
2016	15	12.8%
2017	20	17.1%
2018	20	17.1%
2019	14	12.0%
2020	12	10.3%
2021	6	5.1%
2022	4	3.4%
2023	4	3.4%
2024	5	4.3%
2025partial year	8	6.8%

Which technologies does The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 17

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 13

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 11

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 11

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 10

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 9

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 7

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 6

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 6

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 5

Top 15 of 107 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 North Carolina At Charlotte's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 14.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #3,213 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte against SmartDrive Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.9/100 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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