Where does Università degli Studi di Udine rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Università degli Studi di Udine ranks #11,501 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 Università degli Studi di Udine hold?

Università degli Studi di Udine holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Università degli Studi di Udine's Innovation Score?

Università degli Studi di Udine has an Innovation Score of 36.8 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Università degli Studi di Udine focus on?

Università degli Studi di Udine's top technology area is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds) with 6 patents, ranking #724 of 2,691 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Università degli Studi di Udine's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Università degli Studi di Udine's recent grant velocity is -20% 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 Università degli Studi di Udine's patents?

Università degli Studi di Udine's patents average 8.2 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 Università degli Studi di Udine 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

Università degli Studi di Udine

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 21 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: C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Università ranks #11,501 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 21 technology areas.

#11,501
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.8/100): 8.2
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11501 · Foreign Corporation #11,501 · 27 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,501/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ultra-Mek
CPC-FOCUS C07C · 21 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ultra-Mek, 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 Università’s 36.8 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 11.5 pts (31%) Velocity 4.2 pts (11%) Breadth 16.2 pts (44%) Claim depth 4.9 pts (13%)

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What this shows Università's Innovation Score is 36.8/100 (top 45% 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 Università?

Each dot is one of Università’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). Università’s own 8.2 claims/patent is at or below the 14.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Università's grants concentrate

Università degli Studi di Udine is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 22.2% of grants classified under C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Università sits between University OF Sharjah and Vadient Optics, LLC.

Università's three-year grant acceleration

Università degli Studi di Udine shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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 Università holds 27 patents at rank #11,499, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Università

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,499 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Università, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), Università ranks #724 of 2,691 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Washington University in St. Louis 37 Institute OF Materia Medica, Chinese Academy OF Medical Sciences 37 Symmetry Medical Manufacturing, Inc 37 Wockhardt Limited 37

Università's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% 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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Università degli Studi di Udine patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	11.1%
2016	3	11.1%
2017	6	22.2%
2018	2	7.4%
2019	1	3.7%
2020	3	11.1%
2021	4	14.8%
2022	2	7.4%
2023	2	7.4%
2024	1	3.7%

Which technologies does Università degli Studi di Udine patent most?

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 6

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

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 6

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 3

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

F23G - Cremation FURNACES; Consuming Waste Products BY Combustion 1

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

F23M - Casings, Linings, Walls OR Doors Specially Adapted FOR Combustion Chambers, e.g. FIREBRIDGES; Devices FOR Deflecting AIR, Flames OR Combustion Products IN Combustion CHAMBERS; Safety Arrangements Specially Adapted FOR Combustion APPARATUS; Details OF Combustion Chambers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 21 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

Università degli Studi di Udine's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Università degli Studi di Udine's lead technology class is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), 22.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07C
Ranked #11,501 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Università degli Studi di Udine against University OF Sharjah, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.8/100 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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