Overall rank by patents
#20,571
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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: C12N (MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Universitetet ranks #20,571 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 16 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R20571 · Foreign Government #20,571 · 14 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNGOV · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: UNEO Inc. (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Universitetet I Trom… · this assignee
37 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Universitetet's Innovation Score is 36.7/100 (top 46% 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.
Universitetet I Tromsø—norges Arktiske Universitet is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under C12N (MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Universitetet sits between U.s. Environmental Protection Agency and US Tower Corporation.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
14 patents
UNEO INC.
14 patents
UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO / EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA
14 patents
UNIVERSITA DI PISA
14 patents
UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA
14 patents
UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG
14 patents
UROMEMS
14 patents
US Tower Corporation
14 patents
UNIVERSITETET I TROMSØ—NORGES ARKTISKE UNIVERSITET
14 patents
What this shows Universitetet holds 14 patents at rank #20,564, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #20,564 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Universitetet's primary technology class.
Universitetet's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
37 Top 46% higher than 54% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2019 | 3 | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 3 | 21.4% |
| 2021 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2022 | 4 | 28.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 7.1% |
Top 15 of 16 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#20,571
of 50,000 tracked assignees
36.7 out of 100
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