Where does Universidade DE Aveiro rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Universidade DE Aveiro ranks #15,028 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 Universidade DE Aveiro hold?

Universidade DE Aveiro holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Universidade DE Aveiro's Innovation Score?

Universidade DE Aveiro has an Innovation Score of 44.2 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Universidade DE Aveiro focus on?

Universidade DE Aveiro's top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 5 patents, ranking #2,256 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

Is Universidade DE Aveiro's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Universidade DE Aveiro's recent grant velocity is +25% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Universidade DE Aveiro's patents?

Universidade DE Aveiro's patents average 15.4 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 Universidade DE Aveiro 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

Universidade DE Aveiro

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 31 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Universidade ranks #15,028 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 31 technology areas.

#15,028
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.2/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15028 · Foreign Corporation #15,028 · 20 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #15,028/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tyber Medical
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tyber Medical LLC (±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 Universidade’s 44.2 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 10.5 pts (24%) Velocity 4.8 pts (11%) Breadth 19.7 pts (45%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Universidade DE Aveiro · this assignee

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What this shows Universidade's Innovation Score is 44.2/100 (top 26% 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 Universidade?

Each dot is one of Universidade’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). Universidade’s own 15.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Universidade's grants concentrate

Universidade DE Aveiro is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 25% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Universidade sits between Tyber Medical LLC and Universite Toulouse III—PAUL Sabatier.

Universidade's three-year grant acceleration

Universidade DE Aveiro shows 5 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.

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What this shows Universidade holds 20 patents at rank #15,018, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Universidade

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,018 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Universidade's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Universidade DE Aveiro patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	15.0%
2017	2	10.0%
2018	1	5.0%
2019	2	10.0%
2020	3	15.0%
2021	2	10.0%
2022	1	5.0%
2023	2	10.0%
2024	2	10.0%
2025partial year	2	10.0%

Which technologies does Universidade DE Aveiro patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

H04J - Multiplex Communication 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

C07K - Peptides 1

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

F24D - Domestic- OR Space-heating Systems, e.g. Central Heating SYSTEMS; Domestic Hot-water Supply SYSTEMS; Elements OR Components Therefor 1

H04K - Secret COMMUNICATION; Jamming OF Communication 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

C23F - Non-mechanical Removal OF Metallic Material From Surface ; Inhibiting Corrosion OF Metallic Material OR Incrustation IN GENERAL; Multi-step Processes FOR Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material Involving AT Least ONE Process Provided FOR IN Class C23 AND AT Least ONE Process Covered BY Subclass C21d 1

Top 15 of 31 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

Universidade DE Aveiro's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Universidade DE Aveiro's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 25% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #15,028 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Universidade DE Aveiro against Tyber Medical LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.2/100 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

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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

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