Where does Universite DE Paris Descartes rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Universite DE Paris Descartes ranks #3,214 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 Paris Descartes hold?

Universite DE Paris Descartes holds 117 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is Universite DE Paris Descartes's Innovation Score?

Universite DE Paris Descartes has an Innovation Score of 46.8 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Universite DE Paris Descartes's recent grant velocity is -47% 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 Paris Descartes's patents?

Universite DE Paris Descartes's patents average 10.6 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 Paris Descartes 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 Paris Descartes

Q: What technology areas does Universite DE Paris Descartes focus on?

Universite DE Paris Descartes's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 71 patents. Grants appear in 37 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 117 granted patents across 37 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 #3,214 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 117 patents across 37 technology areas.

#3,214
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.8/100): 10.6
avg claims per patent: -47%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3214 · Foreign Corporation #3,214 · 117 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 117 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,214/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Takasago International
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 37 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -47% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Takasago International Corporation (±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
Echostar International · near

47
Entit Software · near

47
Grand Mate · near

47
Ortho-clinical… · near

47
Universite DE Paris… · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Universite's Innovation Score is 46.8/100 (top 20% 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.

Where Universite's grants concentrate

Universite DE Paris Descartes is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 60.7% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (18 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, Universite sits between Takasago International Corporation and AMO Groningen B.V..

Universite's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Universite DE Paris Descartes moved from 42 to 15 grants (0.36x 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 #2,937. See the growth leaderboard.

Takasago Internat…

117
Tectus

117
Teleflex Life Sci…

117
The University Of…

117
West Pharma Servi…

117
Woodpeckers

117
Yamada Manufactur…

117
Universite DE Par… ◀

117
AMO Groningen B V

116

What this shows Universite holds 117 patents at rank #3,214, 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 #3,214 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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Ortho-clinical Diagnostics, Inc. 47 Grand Mate Co., Ltd. 47 Entit Software LLC 47 Echostar Technologies International Corporation 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.6 here).

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. 10.6 avg HongQiSheng Precision Electronics (QinHuangDao) Co., Ltd. 10.6 avg Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. 10.6 avg National University Corporation Shizuoka University 10.6 avg

Universite's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 Paris Descartes patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	9.4%
2016	12	10.3%
2017	18	15.4%
2018	18	15.4%
2019	17	14.5%
2020	15	12.8%
2021	10	8.5%
2022	9	7.7%
2023	4	3.4%
2024	2	1.7%
2025partial year	1	0.9%

Which technologies does Universite DE Paris Descartes patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 71

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 69

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 39

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 39

C07K - Peptides 27

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 23

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 9

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 6

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 3

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 2

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 2

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 2

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 2

Top 15 of 37 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,214

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.8 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

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

Universite DE Paris Descartes's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 60.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #3,214 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Universite DE Paris Descartes against Takasago International Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.8/100 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

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