Where does Tuskegee University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tuskegee University ranks #13,218 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 Tuskegee University hold?

Tuskegee University holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is Tuskegee University's Innovation Score?

Tuskegee University has an Innovation Score of 51.3 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Tuskegee University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tuskegee University's recent grant velocity is +260% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Tuskegee University's patents?

Tuskegee University's patents average 13.3 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 Tuskegee 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

Tuskegee University

Q: What technology areas does Tuskegee University focus on?

Tuskegee University's top technology area is C08J (WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h) with 7 patents, ranking #311 of 1,665 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 35 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: C08J (WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tuskegee ranks #13,218 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 35 technology areas.

#13,218
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.3/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: +260%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13218 · US Corporation #13,218 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #13,218/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Topgolf Sweden AB
CPC-FOCUS C08J · 35 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +260% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Topgolf Sweden AB (±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 Tuskegee’s 51.3 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 11.0 pts (21%) Velocity 11.4 pts (22%) Breadth 20.9 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tuskegee University · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tuskegee's Innovation Score is 51.3/100 (top 12% 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 Tuskegee?

Each dot is one of Tuskegee’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). Tuskegee’s own 13.3 claims/patent is at or below the 17.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Tuskegee's grants concentrate

Tuskegee University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 30.4% of grants classified under C08J (WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Tuskegee sits between Topgolf Sweden AB and UCB Pharma GMBH.

Tuskegee's three-year grant acceleration

Tuskegee University shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Topgolf Sweden AB

23
Transtron

23
Trimble Jena

23
Truepic

23
Tyco Brasil Ltda

23
Tyco Svenska AB

23
U S Bancorp Natio…

23
UCB Pharma

23
Tuskegee Universi… ◀

23

What this shows Tuskegee holds 23 patents at rank #13,213, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tuskegee

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,213 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08J (Working-up)

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

Tuskegee's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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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.

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Tuskegee University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	8.7%
2016	1	4.3%
2018	1	4.3%
2019	1	4.3%
2020	1	4.3%
2021	5	21.7%
2022	6	26.1%
2023	4	17.4%
2024	2	8.7%

Which technologies does Tuskegee University patent most?

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 7

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 6

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 5

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

C07K - Peptides 3

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 3

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 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

B01D - Separation 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 2

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 2

Top 15 of 35 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

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

Tuskegee University's lead technology class is C08J (WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h), 30.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08J
Ranked #13,218 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tuskegee University against Topgolf Sweden AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.3/100 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

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

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