Where does Universiteit Antwerpen rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Universiteit Antwerpen ranks #4,924 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 Universiteit Antwerpen hold?

Universiteit Antwerpen holds 71 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 67 technology areas.

What is Universiteit Antwerpen's Innovation Score?

Universiteit Antwerpen has an Innovation Score of 58.7 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Universiteit Antwerpen focus on?

Universiteit Antwerpen's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 19 patents, ranking #797 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 67 CPC subclasses total.

Is Universiteit Antwerpen's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Universiteit Antwerpen's recent grant velocity is +21% 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 Universiteit Antwerpen's patents?

Universiteit Antwerpen's patents average 14.2 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 Universiteit Antwerpen 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

Universiteit Antwerpen

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 71 granted patents across 67 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Universiteit ranks #4,924 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 67 technology areas.

#4,924
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.7/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent: +21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4924 · Foreign Corporation #4,924 · 71 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 71 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,924/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Vollrath L L C
CPC-WIDE G01N · 67 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C. (±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 Universiteit’s 58.7 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 14.8 pts (25%) Velocity 10.4 pts (18%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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59
Trimble Navigation · near

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Universiteit Antwerpen · this assignee

59
National University… · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Universiteit's Innovation Score is 58.7/100 (top 4% 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 Universiteit?

Each dot is one of Universiteit’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). Universiteit’s own 14.2 claims/patent is at or below the 16.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Universiteit's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Universiteit Antwerpen received 34 grants versus 28 in 2015–2019 (+21% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 10 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 4. Lead class G01N accounts for 26.8% of the portfolio across 67 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Tokitae LLC (#4,919) and University of Leeds (#4,927).

Universiteit's three-year grant acceleration

Universiteit Antwerpen shows 25 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Tokitae

71
True Manufacturing

71
The Vollrath L L C

71
Twelve

71
University OF Sci…

71
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71
Universite de Lor…

71
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71
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71

What this shows Universiteit holds 71 patents at rank #4,923, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Universiteit

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,923 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Universiteit, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Universiteit ranks #797 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC 59 Trimble Navigation Limited 59 Dialog Semiconductor (UK) Limited 59 National University Corporation Hokkaido University 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.2 here).

SureFire, LLC 14.2 avg Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum 14.2 avg Pall Corporation 14.2 avg Gentex Corporation 14.2 avg

Universiteit's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Universiteit Antwerpen patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	5.6%
2016	5	7.0%
2017	6	8.5%
2018	6	8.5%
2019	7	9.9%
2020	4	5.6%
2021	5	7.0%
2022	6	8.5%
2023	9	12.7%
2024	10	14.1%
2025partial year	9	12.7%

Which technologies does Universiteit Antwerpen patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 19

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 12

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 11

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 7

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 6

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 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 4

C12Y - Enzymes 4

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 4

B01D - Separation 4

Top 15 of 67 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Universiteit Antwerpen's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Universiteit Antwerpen's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 26.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #4,924 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Universiteit Antwerpen against Tokitae LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.7/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.