Where does THE University OF Western Ontario rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE University OF Western Ontario ranks #5,984 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 Western Ontario hold?

THE University OF Western Ontario holds 57 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 80 technology areas.

What is THE University OF Western Ontario's Innovation Score?

THE University OF Western Ontario has an Innovation Score of 52.8 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is THE University OF Western Ontario's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE University OF Western Ontario's recent grant velocity is -63% 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 Western Ontario's patents?

THE University OF Western Ontario's patents average 19.0 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 Western Ontario 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 Western Ontario

Q: What technology areas does THE University OF Western Ontario focus on?

THE University OF Western Ontario's top technology area is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor) with 10 patents, ranking #701 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 80 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 57 granted patents across 80 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: A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #5,984 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 57 patents across 80 technology areas.

#5,984
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.8/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: -63%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5984 · Foreign Corporation #5,984 · 57 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 57 grants
UPPER-Q #5,984/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Schuler Pressen
CPC-WIDE A61M · 80 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -63% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Schuler Pressen GMBH (±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 52.8 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 14.0 pts (27%) Velocity 2.4 pts (5%) Breadth 25.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Zhejiang Jiecang… · near

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CSIR · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 52.8/100 (top 10% 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 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 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 Western Ontario received 15 grants versus 41 in 2015–2019 (-63% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 10 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 1. Lead class A61M accounts for 17.5% of the portfolio across 80 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Schuler Pressen GMBH (#5,976) and The Trustees of Boston College (#5,984).

THE's three-year grant acceleration

THE University OF Western Ontario shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Schuler Pressen

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What this shows THE holds 57 patents at rank #5,980, 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 #5,980 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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 A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), THE ranks #701 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH & Co KG 53 Stress Engineering Services, Inc. 53 Zhejiang Jiecang Linear Motion Technology Co., Ltd. 53 CSIR 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.0 here).

Darktrace Holdings Limited 19.0 avg Optum Technology, Inc. 19.0 avg Datalogic USA, Inc. 19.0 avg Smule, Inc. 19.0 avg

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 Western Ontario patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	17.5%
2016	10	17.5%
2017	4	7.0%
2018	9	15.8%
2019	8	14.0%
2020	6	10.5%
2021	3	5.3%
2022	3	5.3%
2023	1	1.8%
2024	2	3.5%
2025partial year	1	1.8%

Which technologies does THE University OF Western Ontario patent most?

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 10

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 7

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 7

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 6

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 6

C07K - Peptides 5

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 5

B01D - Separation 5

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 5

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 4

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

Top 15 of 80 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 Western Ontario's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE University OF Western Ontario's lead technology class is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor), 17.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #5,984 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE University OF Western Ontario against Schuler Pressen GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.8/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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