Where does UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE ranks #17,322 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 UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE hold?

UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE's Innovation Score?

UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE has an Innovation Score of 46.3 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE focus on?

UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 6 patents, ranking #3,449 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE's recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE's patents?

UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE's patents average 15.5 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 UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE 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

UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 23 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Université ranks #17,322 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 23 technology areas.

#17,322
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.3/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17322 · Foreign Corporation #17,322 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,322/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ubiqomm
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ubiqomm 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 Université’s 46.3 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 10.0 pts (22%) Velocity 10.0 pts (22%) Breadth 17.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Université's Innovation Score is 46.3/100 (top 21% 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 Université?

Each dot is one of Université’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). Université’s own 15.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Université's grants concentrate

UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 35.3% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Université sits between Universite DE Bretagne SUD and United States Steel Corporation.

Université's three-year grant acceleration

UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Universite DE Bre…

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17
Universite DES Sc…

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University OF SAO…

17
Untether AI

17
UP Chemical

17
Ubiqomm

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United States Ste…

17
UniversitÉ DE LIÈ… ◀

17

What this shows UNIVERSITÉ holds 17 patents at rank #17,316, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near UNIVERSITÉ

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,316 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Université's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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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UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	5.9%
2019	1	5.9%
2020	3	17.6%
2021	2	11.8%
2022	6	35.3%
2023	3	17.6%
2025partial year	1	5.9%

Which technologies does UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 5

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

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

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 2

C07K - Peptides 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

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 2

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 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 1

Top 15 of 23 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

UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 35.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #17,322 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE against Universite DE Bretagne SUD, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.3/100 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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