Where does UCL Business PLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), UCL Business PLC ranks #3,240 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 UCL Business PLC hold?

UCL Business PLC holds 116 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 74 technology areas.

What is UCL Business PLC's Innovation Score?

UCL Business PLC has an Innovation Score of 52.9 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does UCL Business PLC focus on?

UCL Business PLC's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 49 patents. Grants appear in 74 CPC subclasses total.

Is UCL Business PLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

UCL Business PLC's recent grant velocity is -79% 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 UCL Business PLC's patents?

UCL Business PLC's patents average 15.7 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 UCL Business PLC 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

UCL Business PLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 116 granted patents across 74 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, UCL ranks #3,240 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 116 patents across 74 technology areas.

#3,240
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (52.9/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -79%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3240 · Foreign Corporation #3,240 · 116 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 116 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,240/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Peking University…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 74 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -79% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chung Yuan Christian… · near

53
Mirati Therapeutics · near

53
Sensus Spectrum · near

53
UCL Business · this assignee

53
Wabco · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows UCL's Innovation Score is 52.9/100 (top 9% 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.

How UCL's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, UCL Business PLC received 20 grants versus 96 in 2015–2019 (-79% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 23 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 1. Lead class A61K accounts for 42.2% of the portfolio across 74 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School (#3,236) and Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG (#3,244).

UCL's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, UCL Business PLC moved from 33 to 10 grants (0.30x 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 #2,994. See the growth leaderboard.

Peking University…

116
Polar Electro Oy

116
Shanghai Huahong…

116
Terumo BCT

116
Unirac

116
Valmont Industries

116
Wiwynn

116
UCL Business ◀

116
Abus August Bremi…

115

What this shows UCL holds 116 patents at rank #3,240, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near UCL

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,240 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for UCL, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Chung Yuan Christian University 53 Wabco GmbH 53 Sensus Spectrum, LLC 53 Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.7 here).

Dynamics Inc. 15.7 avg Lindsay Corporation 15.7 avg Simmonds Precision Products, Inc. 15.7 avg Laboratoire Francais du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies 15.7 avg

UCL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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UCL Business PLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	12.9%
2016	14	12.1%
2017	22	19.0%
2018	22	19.0%
2019	23	19.8%
2020	3	2.6%
2021	7	6.0%
2022	5	4.3%
2023	4	3.4%
2024	1	0.9%

Which technologies does UCL Business PLC patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 49

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 42

C07K - Peptides 29

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 22

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 20

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 9

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 7

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 7

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 7

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

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 6

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 5

Top 15 of 74 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,240

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

52.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

UCL Business PLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

UCL Business PLC's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 42.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #3,240 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare UCL Business PLC against Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.9/100 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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