Where does UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN ranks #16,478 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 ZU KÖLN hold?

UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN's Innovation Score?

UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN has an Innovation Score of 39.8 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN's recent grant velocity is -30% 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 UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN's patents?

UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN's patents average 14.7 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 ZU KÖLN 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 ZU KÖLN

Q: What technology areas does UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN focus on?

UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN's top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 16 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Universität ranks #16,478 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 16 technology areas.

#16,478
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.8/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -30%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16478 · Foreign Corporation #16,478 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,478/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Under THE Roof…
CPC-FOCUS A61P · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -30% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Under THE Roof Decorating 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Universität's Innovation Score is 39.8/100 (top 37% 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.

Where Universität's grants concentrate

UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 38.9% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Universität sits between Under THE Roof Decorating Inc. and Utac Thai Limited.

Universität's three-year grant acceleration

UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN shows 5 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.

Under THE Roof De…

18
Universidad DE LO…

18
Universidade DO M…

18
Universite DE Lil…

18
UniversitÉ DU Lux…

18
USA Wheel and Tir…

18
USA as Represente…

18
Utac Thai

18
UniversitÄT ZU KÖ… ◀

18

What this shows UNIVERSITÄT holds 18 patents at rank #16,470, 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 #16,470 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.

Universität's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% 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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UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	11.1%
2017	1	5.6%
2018	4	22.2%
2019	3	16.7%
2020	1	5.6%
2021	1	5.6%
2022	1	5.6%
2023	4	22.2%
2025partial year	1	5.6%

Which technologies does UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 6

C07K - Peptides 5

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 3

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

A62D - Chemical Means FOR Extinguishing Fires OR FOR Combating OR Protecting Against Harmful Chemical AGENTS; Chemical Materials FOR USE IN Breathing Apparatus 3

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 2

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 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 1

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 1

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 1

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

Top 15 of 16 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#16,478

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

39.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN's lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 38.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #16,478 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN against Under THE Roof Decorating Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.8/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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