Where does Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca ranks #12,287 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 Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca hold?

Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 46 technology areas.

What is Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca's Innovation Score?

Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca has an Innovation Score of 48.6 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca's recent grant velocity is +8% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca's patents?

Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca's patents average 15.3 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 Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca 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

Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca

Q: What technology areas does Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca focus on?

Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 5 patents, ranking #2,660 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 46 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 46 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Universita' ranks #12,287 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 46 technology areas.

#12,287
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.6/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: +8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12287 · Foreign Corporation #12,287 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,287/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Turbonomic
CPC-WIDE G01N · 46 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Turbonomic, 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 Universita'’s 48.6 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 (23%) Velocity 4.2 pts (9%) Breadth 24.0 pts (49%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (19%)

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What this shows Universita''s Innovation Score is 48.6/100 (top 16% 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 Universita'?

Each dot is one of Universita'’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). Universita'’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Universita''s grants concentrate

Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca is a focused PatentsView assignee: 46 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Universita' sits between Turbonomic, Inc. and UNIVERSITÄT Duisburg-essen.

Universita''s three-year grant acceleration

Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca 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 Universita' holds 25 patents at rank #12,280, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Universita'

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,280 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Universita', neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Universita' ranks #2,660 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Crucible Intellectual Property, LLC 49 Chr. Hansen A/S 49 ThermAvant Technologies, LLC 49 Mojave Energy Systems, Inc. 49

Universita''s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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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Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	8.0%
2016	3	12.0%
2017	2	8.0%
2018	5	20.0%
2020	4	16.0%
2021	4	16.0%
2022	1	4.0%
2023	2	8.0%
2024	2	8.0%

Which technologies does Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

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

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

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

B01D - Separation 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 2

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 2

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

Top 15 of 46 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

Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #12,287 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Universita' Degli Studi DI Milano - Bicocca against Turbonomic, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.6/100 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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