Where does Thomas Jefferson University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thomas Jefferson University ranks #2,598 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 Thomas Jefferson University hold?

Thomas Jefferson University holds 150 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 64 technology areas.

What is Thomas Jefferson University's Innovation Score?

Thomas Jefferson University has an Innovation Score of 57.7 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Thomas Jefferson University focus on?

Thomas Jefferson University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 78 patents, ranking #249 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 64 CPC subclasses total.

Is Thomas Jefferson University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thomas Jefferson University's recent grant velocity is +64% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Thomas Jefferson University's patents?

Thomas Jefferson University's patents average 13.8 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 Thomas Jefferson University 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

Thomas Jefferson University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 150 granted patents across 64 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thomas ranks #2,598 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 150 patents across 64 technology areas.

#2,598
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.7/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: +64%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2598 · US Corporation #2,598 · 150 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 150 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,598/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Qingdao Haier…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 64 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +64% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine 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 Thomas’s 57.7 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 17.3 pts (30%) Velocity 7.1 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Macroblock · near

58
Overhead Door · near

58
Particle Measuring… · near

58
Strong Force IoT… · near

58
Thomas Jefferson… · this assignee

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thomas's Innovation Score is 57.7/100 (top 5% 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 Thomas?

Each dot is one of Thomas’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). Thomas’s own 13.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Thomas vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

How Thomas's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Thomas Jefferson University received 90 grants versus 55 in 2015–2019 (+64% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 26 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 7. Lead class A61K accounts for 52% of the portfolio across 64 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co., Ltd. (#2,595) and Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB (#2,603).

Thomas's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Thomas Jefferson University moved from 52 to 55 grants (1.06x 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 #1,048. See the growth leaderboard.

Qingdao Haier Was…

150
Samsara

150
Semtech

150
Thru Tubing Solut…

150
Vesture

150
Worcester Polytec…

150
Thomas Jefferson… ◀

150
Amotech

149
Atlas Copco Indus…

149

What this shows Thomas holds 150 patents at rank #2,599, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thomas

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,599 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Thomas's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Thomas, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Thomas ranks #249 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC 58 Overhead Door Corporation 58 Macroblock, Inc. 58 Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.8 here).

IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. 13.8 avg Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG 13.8 avg Inventio AG 13.8 avg Roquette Freres 13.8 avg

Thomas's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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

Thomas Jefferson University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	6.0%
2016	7	4.7%
2017	12	8.0%
2018	10	6.7%
2019	17	11.3%
2020	17	11.3%
2021	18	12.0%
2022	26	17.3%
2023	14	9.3%
2024	15	10.0%
2025partial year	5	3.3%

Which technologies does Thomas Jefferson University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 78

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 54

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 37

C07K - Peptides 34

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 33

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 19

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 15

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 9

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 8

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 6

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 6

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 5

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 4

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 4

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 4

Top 15 of 64 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

Thomas Jefferson University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thomas Jefferson University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 52% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #2,598 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thomas Jefferson University against Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.7/100 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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