Where does Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS ranks #12,286 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 Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS hold?

Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS's Innovation Score?

Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS has an Innovation Score of 43.7 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS's recent grant velocity is -53% 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 Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS's patents?

Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS's patents average 12.6 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS

Q: What technology areas does Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS focus on?

Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS's top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 6 patents, ranking #2,984 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS 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 PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 35 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Universidade ranks #12,286 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 35 technology areas.

#12,286
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.7/100): 12.6
avg claims per patent: -53%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12286 · Foreign Corporation #12,286 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,286/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ultragenyx Pharmaceu…
CPC-FOCUS A61P · 35 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -53% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (±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 43.7 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 11.3 pts (26%) Velocity 4.0 pts (9%) Breadth 20.9 pts (48%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Allied Telesis… · near

44
Burckhardt Compression · near

44
Japanese Foundation… · near

44
Kemin Industries · near

44
Universidade… · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Universidade's Innovation Score is 43.7/100 (top 27% 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 12.6 claims/patent is at or below the 14.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Universidade's grants concentrate

Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 24% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Universidade sits between UNIVERSITÄT Duisburg-essen and Université Pierre et Marie Curie.

Universidade's three-year grant acceleration

Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

UniversitÄT Duisb…

25
UniversitÉ Jean M…

25
Ultragenyx Pharma…

25
United Rusal Engi…

25
University of Bath

25
University of Wat…

25
Universität Heide…

25
Université Pierre…

25
Universidade Fede… ◀

25

What this shows Universidade holds 25 patents at rank #12,288, 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 #12,288 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Universidade, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…), Universidade ranks #2,984 of 6,058 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Burckhardt Compression AG 44 Allied Telesis Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha 44 Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research 44 Kemin Industries, Inc. 44

Universidade's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	12.0%
2016	1	4.0%
2017	4	16.0%
2018	6	24.0%
2019	1	4.0%
2020	3	12.0%
2021	1	4.0%
2022	1	4.0%
2024	2	8.0%
2025partial year	3	12.0%

Which technologies does Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 6

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 4

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 3

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 2

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 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

Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS's lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 24% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #12,286 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul—UFRGS against UNIVERSITÄT Duisburg-essen, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.7/100 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

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