Overall rank by patents
#30,497
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Universidad ranks #30,497 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 10 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R30497 · Foreign Government #30,497 · 9 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNGOV · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Universidad DE Buenos Aires (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Universidad DE MÁLAGA · this assignee
41 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Universidad's Innovation Score is 40.7/100 (top 35% 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.
Universidad DE MÁLAGA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Universidad sits between Universidad DE Buenos Aires and Universite DE Cergy Pontoise.
Universidad DE MÁLAGA shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Universidad DE Buenos Aires
9 patents
Universidad DE LA Frontera
9 patents
Universidad DE LA Republica
9 patents
Universidad DE Murcia
9 patents
Universidad DE Talca
9 patents
Universita' Degli Studi DI Bari Aldo Moro
9 patents
Universitaet ZU Koeln
9 patents
Universite DE Cergy Pontoise
9 patents
Universidad DE MÁLAGA
9 patents
What this shows Universidad holds 9 patents at rank #30,463, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #30,463 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Universidad's primary technology class.
Universidad's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 11.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 11.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 11.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 11.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 11.1% |
| 2024 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 11.1% |
Top 10 of 10 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#30,497
of 49,997 tracked assignees
40.7 out of 100
What to do with this data
Universidad DE MÁLAGA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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