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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The University of Tulsa ranks #8,298 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 Tulsa hold?

The University of Tulsa holds 39 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 52 technology areas.

What is The University of Tulsa's Innovation Score?

The University of Tulsa has an Innovation Score of 50.3 out of 100 (top 13% 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 Tulsa focus on?

The University of Tulsa's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 9 patents, ranking #2,562 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 52 CPC subclasses total.

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

The University of Tulsa's recent grant velocity is +5% 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 Tulsa's patents?

The University of Tulsa's patents average 16.0 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 Tulsa 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 US Corporation

The University of Tulsa

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 39 granted patents across 52 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #8,298 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 39 patents across 52 technology areas.

#8,298
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.3/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: +5%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8298 · US Corporation #8,298 · 39 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 39 grants
UPPER-Q #8,298/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taiwan Union…
CPC-WIDE H04L · 52 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +5% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taiwan Union Technology Corporation (±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 50.3 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 12.7 pts (25%) Velocity 3.0 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (50%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Braskem America · near

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Brose Schließsysteme… · near

50
Orbbec · near

50
Single Buoy Moorings · near

50
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50
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 50.3/100 (top 13% 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 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 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 Tulsa received 20 grants versus 19 in 2015–2019 (+5% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 6 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 2. Lead class H04L accounts for 23.1% of the portfolio across 52 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Tracer Imaging LLC (#8,297) and University OF Guelph (#8,305).

The's three-year grant acceleration

The University of Tulsa shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Tracer Imaging

39
Taiwan Union Tech…

39
Takeya USA

39
The Institute of…

39
The Wellboss

39
Toshiba Hokuto

39
U S Patent Innova…

39
University OF Gue…

39
The University of… ◀

39

What this shows The holds 39 patents at rank #8,301, 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 #8,301 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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 H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), The ranks #2,562 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft 50 Orbbec Inc. 50 Braskem America, Inc. 50 Single Buoy Moorings Inc. 50

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 49,997 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

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.

View data table

The University of Tulsa patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	5.1%
2016	5	12.8%
2017	2	5.1%
2018	4	10.3%
2019	6	15.4%
2020	6	15.4%
2021	6	15.4%
2022	2	5.1%
2023	4	10.3%
2024	2	5.1%

Which technologies does The University of Tulsa patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 9

B01D - Separation 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 4

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 4

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 3

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B04C - Apparatus Using Free Vortex Flow, e.g. Cyclones 2

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

Top 15 of 52 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 Tulsa's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The University of Tulsa's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 23.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #8,298 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The University of Tulsa against Tracer Imaging LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.3/100 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.

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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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.