Where does Universiteit Maastricht rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Universiteit Maastricht ranks #10,215 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 Maastricht hold?

Universiteit Maastricht holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Universiteit Maastricht's Innovation Score?

Universiteit Maastricht has an Innovation Score of 39.9 out of 100 (top 37% 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 Maastricht focus on?

Universiteit Maastricht's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 7 patents, ranking #2,018 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

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

Universiteit Maastricht's recent grant velocity is -24% 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 Universiteit Maastricht's patents?

Universiteit Maastricht's patents average 15.6 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 Universiteit Maastricht 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 Maastricht

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 18 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 #10,215 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 18 technology areas.

#10,215
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.9/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: -24%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10215 · Foreign Corporation #10,215 · 31 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,215/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ultrata
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -24% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ultrata, LLC (±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 39.9 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 12.0 pts (30%) Velocity 3.6 pts (9%) Breadth 15.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (23%)

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What this shows Universiteit's Innovation Score is 39.9/100 (top 37% 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 15.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Universiteit's grants concentrate

Universiteit Maastricht is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 22.6% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Universiteit sits between Universidade DE Santiago DE Compostela and Vodafone Group PLC..

Universiteit's three-year grant acceleration

Universiteit Maastricht shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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 Universiteit holds 31 patents at rank #10,215, 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 #10,215 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 #2,018 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Qingdao Hisense Electronics Co., Ltd. 40 Agriculture Victoria Services PTY Ltd 40 Zobele Holding SPA 40 Lifecore Fitness, Inc. 40

Universiteit's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 Maastricht patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.2%
2016	3	9.7%
2017	4	12.9%
2018	2	6.5%
2019	7	22.6%
2020	1	3.2%
2021	5	16.1%
2022	3	9.7%
2023	1	3.2%
2024	3	9.7%
2025partial year	1	3.2%

Which technologies does Universiteit Maastricht patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 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

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 5

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 4

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

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

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 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

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

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

Top 15 of 18 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

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

Universiteit Maastricht's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 22.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #10,215 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Universiteit Maastricht against Universidade DE Santiago DE Compostela, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.9/100 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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