Where does Universite DE Nantes rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Universite DE Nantes ranks #3,189 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 Nantes hold?

Universite DE Nantes holds 118 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 86 technology areas.

What is Universite DE Nantes's Innovation Score?

Universite DE Nantes has an Innovation Score of 52.4 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Universite DE Nantes focus on?

Universite DE Nantes's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 55 patents, ranking #382 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 86 CPC subclasses total.

Is Universite DE Nantes's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Universite DE Nantes's recent grant velocity is +17% 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 Universite DE Nantes's patents?

Universite DE Nantes's patents average 12.8 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 Nantes 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 Nantes

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 118 granted patents across 86 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Universite ranks #3,189 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 118 patents across 86 technology areas.

#3,189
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.4/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3189 · Foreign Corporation #3,189 · 118 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 118 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,189/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Samsung Life Public…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 86 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation (±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 52.4 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 16.5 pts (31%) Velocity 3.2 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
IMEC · near

52
Quanzhou Sanan… · near

52
Software · near

52
Universite DE Nantes · this assignee

52
UPL · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Universite's Innovation Score is 52.4/100 (top 10% 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 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 14.3 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.

How Universite's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Universite DE Nantes received 61 grants versus 52 in 2015–2019 (+17% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 22 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 4. Lead class A61K accounts for 46.6% of the portfolio across 86 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation (#3,185) and Daido Metal Company Ltd. (#3,193).

Universite's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Universite DE Nantes moved from 50 to 24 grants (0.48x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,739. See the growth leaderboard.

Samsung Life Publ…

118
Sitime

118
The Medical Colle…

118
The University of…

118
Voxx International

118
Universite DE Nan… ◀

118
Ambarella

117
B G Negev AND App…

117
Daido Metal

117

What this shows Universite holds 118 patents at rank #3,189, 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 #3,189 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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 A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Universite ranks #382 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

IMEC 52 UPL Ltd 52 Software GMBH 52 Quanzhou Sanan Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.8 here).

Formlabs Inc. 12.8 avg Stabilus GmbH 12.8 avg National Institute FOR Materials Science 12.8 avg Orange 12.8 avg

Universite's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% 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

Universite DE Nantes patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	3.4%
2016	11	9.3%
2017	11	9.3%
2018	13	11.0%
2019	13	11.0%
2020	22	18.6%
2021	15	12.7%
2022	11	9.3%
2023	5	4.2%
2024	8	6.8%
2025partial year	5	4.2%

Which technologies does Universite DE Nantes patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 55

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 46

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 24

C07K - Peptides 23

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 20

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 16

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 15

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 10

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 8

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 8

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 8

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 7

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 7

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 7

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 6

Top 15 of 86 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 Nantes's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Universite DE Nantes's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 46.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #3,189 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Universite DE Nantes against Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.4/100 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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