Turun Yliopisto
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 32 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Turun ranks #10,493 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 32 technology areas.
- #10,493
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 19%
- by Innovation Score (47.1/100)
- 16.8
- avg claims per patent
- +50%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R10493 · Foreign Corporation #10,493 · 30 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
- UPPER-Q #10,493/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Tangle Teezer
- CPC-FOCUS G01N · 32 areas
- INNOV-PAR 47.1/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- VEL-SURGE +50% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Tangle Teezer Limited (±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 Turun’s 47.1 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Turun
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Kuang-chi Institute… · near
Kuang-chi Institute… · near
47 score
- National University… · near
National University… · near
47 score
- Philips I P… · near
Philips I P… · near
47 score
- Turun Yliopisto · this assignee
Turun Yliopisto · this assignee
47 score
- University OF Exeter · near
University OF Exeter · near
47 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Turun's Innovation Score is 47.1/100 (top 19% 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 Turun?
Each dot is one of Turun’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). Turun’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Turun's grants concentrate
Turun Yliopisto is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 26.7% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Turun sits between Tmaxdataco., Ltd. and The Technology Partnership PLC.
Turun's three-year grant acceleration
Turun Yliopisto shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.
Who files at Turun's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Tmaxdataco
Tmaxdataco., Ltd.
30 patents
- Tong Hsing Indust…
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, Ltd.
30 patents
- Tong Lung Metal I…
Tong Lung Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
30 patents
- TPC Group
TPC Group, LLC
30 patents
- Tangle Teezer
Tangle Teezer Limited
30 patents
- Technology Innova…
Technology Innovation Momentum Fund (Israel) Limited Partnership
30 patents
- Tensorcom
Tensorcom, Inc.
30 patents
- The Technology Pa…
The Technology Partnership PLC
30 patents
- Turun Yliopisto ◀
Turun Yliopisto
30 patents
What this shows Turun holds 30 patents at rank #10,480, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Turun
By rank, the assignees closest to #10,480 in granted patent volume.
- Tmaxdataco., Ltd. #10,476 · 30 patents
- Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, Ltd. #10,477 · 30 patents
- Tong Lung Metal Industry Co., Ltd. #10,478 · 30 patents
- TPC Group, LLC #10,479 · 30 patents
- Tangle Teezer Limited #10,481 · 30 patents
- Technology Innovation Momentum Fund (Israel) Limited Partnership #10,482 · 30 patents
- Tensorcom, Inc. #10,483 · 30 patents
- The Technology Partnership PLC #10,484 · 30 patents
Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Turun's primary technology class.
- The Regents of the University of California 1,153 in class
- Shimadzu Corporation 1,111 in class
- Saudi Arabian OIL Company 837 in class
- Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 816 in class
- The Boeing Company 701 in class
- General Electric Company 634 in class
- Kla-tencor Corporation 583 in class
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 530 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Turun, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Turun ranks #1,791 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).
Turun's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 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
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 2016 | 4 | 13.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 2018 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 2020 | 4 | 13.3% |
| 2021 | 4 | 13.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 2023 | 4 | 13.3% |
| 2024 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 2025partial year | 5 | 16.7% |
Which technologies does Turun Yliopisto patent most?
Top 15 of 32 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Turun Yliopisto's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Turun Yliopisto's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 26.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
- Ranked #10,493 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Turun Yliopisto against Tmaxdataco., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 47.1/100 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.
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.