Where does Universitat Stuttgart rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Universitat Stuttgart ranks #4,538 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 Stuttgart hold?

Universitat Stuttgart holds 78 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 88 technology areas.

What is Universitat Stuttgart's Innovation Score?

Universitat Stuttgart has an Innovation Score of 54.6 out of 100 (top 8% 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 Stuttgart focus on?

Universitat Stuttgart's top technology area is C07K (Peptides) with 18 patents. Grants appear in 88 CPC subclasses total.

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

Universitat Stuttgart's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Universitat Stuttgart's patents?

Universitat Stuttgart's patents average 15.4 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 Stuttgart 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 Stuttgart

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 78 granted patents across 88 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: C07K (Peptides).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Universitat ranks #4,538 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 78 patents across 88 technology areas.

#4,538
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.6/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4538 · Foreign Corporation #4,538 · 78 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 78 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,538/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Signal Pharmaceuticals
CPC-WIDE C07K · 88 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Signal Pharmaceuticals, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Camso · near

55
ModernaTX · near

55
PFU · near

55
Universitat Stuttgart · this assignee

55
Institut National… · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Universitat's Innovation Score is 54.6/100 (top 8% 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.

How Universitat's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Universitat Stuttgart received 45 grants versus 30 in 2015–2019 (+50% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 15 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 4. Lead class C07K accounts for 23.1% of the portfolio across 88 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Signal Pharmaceuticals, LLC (#4,534) and Watkins Manufacturing Corporation (#4,542).

Universitat's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Universitat Stuttgart moved from 29 to 23 grants (0.79x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Signal Pharmaceut…

78
Teledyne Instrume…

78
Tendyne Holdings

78
Truecar

78
University of Lou…

78
Valtech Cardio

78
Vuereal

78
Watkins Manufactu…

78
Universitat Stutt… ◀

78

What this shows Universitat holds 78 patents at rank #4,538, 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 #4,538 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07K (Peptides)

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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Camso Inc. 55 ModernaTX, Inc. 55 PFU Limited 55 Institut National D'optique 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.4 here).

Mitac Computing Technology Corporation 15.4 avg Mikro Mesa Technology Co., Ltd. 15.4 avg Sandoz AG 15.4 avg Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG 15.4 avg

Universitat's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 8% higher than 92% 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.

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Universitat Stuttgart patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	10.3%
2016	5	6.4%
2017	6	7.7%
2018	4	5.1%
2019	7	9.0%
2020	15	19.2%
2021	7	9.0%
2022	9	11.5%
2023	5	6.4%
2024	9	11.5%
2025partial year	3	3.8%

Which technologies does Universitat Stuttgart patent most?

C07K - Peptides 18

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 16

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 12

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 12

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 11

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 7

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 7

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 6

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 6

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

Top 15 of 88 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,538

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

54.6 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

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

Universitat Stuttgart's lead technology class is C07K (Peptides), 23.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07K
Ranked #4,538 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Universitat Stuttgart against Signal Pharmaceuticals, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.6/100 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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