Overall rank by patents
#17,318
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 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: H03M (CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Universite ranks #17,318 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 16 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R17318 · Foreign Corporation #17,318 · 17 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Unitest 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Universite DE Bretag… · this assignee
36 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Universite DE Bretagne SUD stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #17,318 of 50,000; Innovation Score 35.9/100 sits in the top 48% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Unitest Inc (±0 grants).
Universite DE Bretagne SUD has been granted 17 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing Universite DE Bretagne SUD at #17,318 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 16 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 13.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in H03M (CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL). As a Foreign Corporation, Universite DE Bretagne SUD is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Universite sits between Unitest Inc (17 patents, rank #17,308) and Université DE Liège (17 patents, rank #17,316) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 35.9/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 11 grants, compared with 5 in the 2015–2019 window, a +120% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Universite DE Bretagne SUD's 13.5 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 16 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
UNITEST INC
17 patents
UNIVERSAL GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
17 patents
UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
17 patents
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA
17 patents
UNIVERSITE DE CAEN NORMANDIE
17 patents
UNIVERSITE DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE 1
17 patents
UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO
17 patents
UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE
17 patents
UNIVERSITE DE BRETAGNE SUD
17 patents
What this shows Universite holds 17 patents at rank #17,312, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #17,312 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Universite's primary technology class.
Universite's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 5.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 5.9% |
| 2019 | 3 | 17.6% |
| 2020 | 3 | 17.6% |
| 2021 | 3 | 17.6% |
| 2022 | 3 | 17.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 5.9% |
| 2024 | 1 | 5.9% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 5.9% |
Top 15 of 16 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#17,318
of 50,000 tracked assignees
35.9 out of 100
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