Where does Universite DE Limoges rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Universite DE Limoges ranks #8,503 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 Universite DE Limoges hold?

Universite DE Limoges holds 38 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 42 technology areas.

What is Universite DE Limoges's Innovation Score?

Universite DE Limoges has an Innovation Score of 48.5 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 Universite DE Limoges's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Universite DE Limoges's recent grant velocity is -17% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Universite DE Limoges's patents?

Universite DE Limoges's patents average 13.5 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 Universite DE Limoges 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

Universite DE Limoges

Q: What technology areas does Universite DE Limoges focus on?

Universite DE Limoges's top technology area is 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) with 11 patents, ranking #128 of 855 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 42 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 42 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Universite ranks #8,503 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 42 technology areas.

#8,503
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.5/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8503 · Foreign Corporation #8,503 · 38 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 38 grants
UPPER-Q #8,503/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The University of…
CPC-WIDE H01S · 42 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The University of New Brunswick (±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 Universite’s 48.5 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 12.7 pts (26%) Velocity 4.8 pts (10%) Breadth 22.9 pts (47%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Guangzhou Chinaray… · near

49
Hitachi Systems · near

49
Quantum Machines · near

49
Terex USA · near

49
Universite DE Limoges · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Universite's Innovation Score is 48.5/100 (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 Universite?

Each dot is one of Universite’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). Universite’s own 13.5 claims/patent is at or below the 15.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Universite's grants concentrate

Universite DE Limoges is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 28.9% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Universite sits between The University of New Brunswick and Vibia Lighting, S.L.U.

Universite's three-year grant acceleration

Universite DE Limoges shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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 Universite holds 38 patents at rank #8,503, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Universite

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,503 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimu…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Universite, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimu…), Universite ranks #128 of 855 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Quantum Machines 49 Terex USA, LLC 49 Hitachi Systems, Ltd. 49 Guangzhou Chinaray Optoelectronic Materials Ltd. 49

Universite'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.

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Universite DE Limoges patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	7.9%
2016	2	5.3%
2017	5	13.2%
2018	4	10.5%
2019	4	10.5%
2020	2	5.3%
2021	5	13.2%
2022	5	13.2%
2023	1	2.6%
2024	2	5.3%
2025partial year	5	13.2%

Which technologies does Universite DE Limoges patent most?

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 11

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 10

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 10

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 5

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 4

C07K - Peptides 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

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 3

H03K - Pulse Technique 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

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 1

Top 15 of 42 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

Universite DE Limoges's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Universite DE Limoges's lead technology class is 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), 28.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01S
Ranked #8,503 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Universite DE Limoges against The University of New Brunswick, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.5/100 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.

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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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