Where does Universitat Bern rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Universitat Bern ranks #5,991 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 Universitat Bern hold?

Universitat Bern holds 57 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Universitat Bern's Innovation Score?

Universitat Bern has an Innovation Score of 48.9 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%).

What technology areas does Universitat Bern focus on?

Universitat Bern's top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 29 patents, ranking #678 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

Is Universitat Bern's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Universitat Bern's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Universitat Bern's patents?

Universitat Bern's patents average 17.4 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 Universitat Bern 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

Universitat Bern

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 57 granted patents across 30 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, Universitat ranks #5,991 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 57 patents across 30 technology areas.

#5,991
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.9/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5991 · Foreign Corporation #5,991 · 57 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 57 grants
UPPER-Q #5,991/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Troxler Laboratories
CPC-FOCUS A61P · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Troxler Electronic Laboratories 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 Universitat’s 48.9 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 14.0 pts (29%) Velocity 5.1 pts (10%) Breadth 19.4 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
General Cable · near

49
Glock Technology · near

49
Pilot · near

49
Rush University… · near

49
Universitat Bern · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Universitat's Innovation Score is 48.9/100 (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 Universitat?

Each dot is one of Universitat’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). Universitat’s own 17.4 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.

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

Where Universitat's grants concentrate

Universitat Bern is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 50.9% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Universitat sits between Troxler Electronic Laboratories Inc and ZF CV Systems Global GmbH.

Universitat's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Universitat Bern moved from 21 to 16 grants (0.76x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Troxler Laborator…

57
True Fabrications

57
United States End…

57
Universita Degli…

57
Vernalis (R&D)

57
Visible World

57
Wargaming net

57
ZF CV Systems Glo…

57
Universitat Bern ◀

57

What this shows Universitat holds 57 patents at rank #5,989, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Universitat

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,989 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Universitat, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…), Universitat ranks #678 of 6,058 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Glock Technology GmbH 49 General Cable Technologies Corporation 49 Rush University Medical Center 49 Kabushiki Kaisha Pilot Corporation 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.4 here).

Zeta Global Corp. 17.4 avg Mianyang BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 17.4 avg Hermes Microvision Inc. 17.4 avg Suzhou Lekin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 17.4 avg

Universitat'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

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Universitat Bern patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	3.5%
2016	2	3.5%
2017	7	12.3%
2018	6	10.5%
2019	10	17.5%
2020	4	7.0%
2021	7	12.3%
2022	5	8.8%
2023	6	10.5%
2024	5	8.8%
2025partial year	3	5.3%

Which technologies does Universitat Bern patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 29

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 20

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 13

C07K - Peptides 12

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 8

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 7

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 6

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 6

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 5

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 5

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 4

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 3

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 3

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 3

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

Top 15 of 30 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

Universitat Bern's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Universitat Bern's lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 50.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #5,991 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Universitat Bern against Troxler Electronic Laboratories Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.9/100 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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