Where does UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH ranks #5,050 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 UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH hold?

UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH holds 69 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH's Innovation Score?

UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH has an Innovation Score of 57.5 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH focus on?

UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH's top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 33 patents, ranking #585 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

Is UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH's recent grant velocity is +139% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH's patents?

UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH's patents average 21.9 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 UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH 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

UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 69 granted patents across 33 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Universität ranks #5,050 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 69 patents across 33 technology areas.

#5,050
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.5/100): 21.9
avg claims per patent: +139%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5050 · Foreign Corporation #5,050 · 69 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 69 grants
UPPER-Q #5,050/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Turlen Holding
CPC-FOCUS A61P · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +139% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Turlen Holding SA (±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 Universität’s 57.5 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 14.7 pts (26%) Velocity 9.3 pts (16%) Breadth 20.3 pts (35%) Claim depth 13.1 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The PNC Financial… · near

57
Aladdin Manufacturing · near

57
Daio Paper · near

57
Dirtt Environmental… · near

57
UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH · this assignee

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Universität's Innovation Score is 57.5/100 (top 5% 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 Universität?

Each dot is one of Universität’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). Universität’s own 21.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Universität's grants concentrate

UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 47.8% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (11 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2019. By volume, Universität sits between Turlen Holding SA and Aten International Co., Ltd.

Universität's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH moved from 20 to 28 grants (1.40x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Turlen Holding

69
Turn 5

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Universite DE Mon…

69
University OF Ore…

69
Veveo

69
Vuzix

69
UniversitÄT ZÜRICH ◀

69
Alpla Werke Alwin…

68
Aten International

68

What this shows UNIVERSITÄT holds 69 patents at rank #5,050, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near UNIVERSITÄT

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,050 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for UNIVERSITÄT, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…), UNIVERSITÄT ranks #585 of 6,058 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation 57 Dirtt Environmental Solutions Ltd. 57 Daio Paper Corporation 57 The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.9 here).

Breathe Technologies, Inc. 21.9 avg TP Lab, Inc. 21.9 avg Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. 21.9 avg VigNet Incorporated 21.9 avg

Universität's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	7	10.1%
2018	6	8.7%
2019	5	7.2%
2020	7	10.1%
2021	8	11.6%
2022	11	15.9%
2023	9	13.0%
2024	8	11.6%
2025partial year	8	11.6%

Which technologies does UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 33

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 32

C07K - Peptides 30

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 17

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 14

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 13

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 7

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 5

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 4

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 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 3

G11C - Static Stores 2

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 2

C40B - Combinatorial CHEMISTRY; Libraries, e.g. Chemical Libraries 2

Top 15 of 33 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

UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH's lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 47.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #5,050 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH against Turlen Holding SA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.5/100 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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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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