Where does Universiteit Twente rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Universiteit Twente ranks #9,153 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 Twente hold?

Universiteit Twente holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 43 technology areas.

What is Universiteit Twente's Innovation Score?

Universiteit Twente has an Innovation Score of 63.0 out of 100 (top 2% 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 Twente focus on?

Universiteit Twente's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 6 patents, ranking #3,449 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 43 CPC subclasses total.

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

Universiteit Twente's recent grant velocity is -39% 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 Twente's patents?

Universiteit Twente's patents average 16.1 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 Twente 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 Twente

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 43 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, Universiteit ranks #9,153 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 43 technology areas.

#9,153
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.0/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: -39%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9153 · Foreign Corporation #9,153 · 35 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,153/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Touchstone Internati…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 43 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -39% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. (±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 63.0 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 12.4 pts (20%) Velocity 17.8 pts (28%) Breadth 23.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Children's Medical… · near

63
Shanghai Bilibili… · near

63
Universiteit Twente · this assignee

63
Chengdu University… · near

63
Hayward Industries · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Universiteit's Innovation Score is 63.0/100 (top 2% 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 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.3 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 Twente is a focused PatentsView assignee: 43 CPC subclasses with 17.1% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Universiteit sits between Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. and Valmet Aktiebolag.

Universiteit's three-year grant acceleration

Universiteit Twente shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Touchstone Intern…

35
Tridonic Jennersd…

35
Universitaetsklin…

35
Universitat DE Va…

35
Uvic Industry Par…

35
University of Sou…

35
Valeo Iluminacion

35
Valmet Aktiebolag

35
Universiteit Twen… ◀

35

What this shows Universiteit holds 35 patents at rank #9,151, 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 #9,151 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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 A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Universiteit ranks #3,449 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Shanghai Bilibili Technology Co., Ltd. 63 Children's Medical Center Corporation 63 Chengdu University OF Technology 63 Hayward Industries, Inc. 63

Universiteit's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 Twente patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	8.6%
2016	8	22.9%
2017	3	8.6%
2018	4	11.4%
2020	2	5.7%
2021	1	2.9%
2022	2	5.7%
2023	5	14.3%
2024	1	2.9%
2025partial year	6	17.1%

Which technologies does Universiteit Twente patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

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 5

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 5

C07K - Peptides 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 4

B01D - Separation 4

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

Top 15 of 43 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 Twente's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Universiteit Twente's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 17.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #9,153 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Universiteit Twente against Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.0/100 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.