Where does University Court of the University of St Andrews rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), University Court of the University of St Andrews ranks #3,870 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 University Court of the University of St Andrews hold?

University Court of the University of St Andrews holds 94 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 81 technology areas.

What is University Court of the University of St Andrews's Innovation Score?

University Court of the University of St Andrews has an Innovation Score of 55.8 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is University Court of the University of St Andrews's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

University Court of the University of St Andrews's recent grant velocity is -58% 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 University Court of the University of St Andrews's patents?

University Court of the University of St Andrews's patents average 20.2 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

University Court of the University of St Andrews

Q: What technology areas does University Court of the University of St Andrews focus on?

University Court of the University of St Andrews's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 22 patents, ranking #690 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 81 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the University Court of the University of St Andrews 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 PatentsView assignee record - 94 granted patents across 81 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, University ranks #3,870 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 94 patents across 81 technology areas.

#3,870
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.8/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: -58%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3870 · Foreign Corporation #3,870 · 94 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 94 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,870/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Feinstein…
CPC-WIDE G01N · 81 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -58% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research (±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 University’s 55.8 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 15.7 pts (28%) Velocity 2.9 pts (5%) Breadth 25.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (22%)

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What this shows University's Innovation Score is 55.8/100 (top 7% 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 University?

Each dot is one of University’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). University’s own 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How University's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, University Court of the University of St Andrews received 27 grants versus 65 in 2015–2019 (-58% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 16 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 3. Lead class G01N accounts for 23.4% of the portfolio across 81 subclasses. Volume neighbours: The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research (#3,866) and Xieon Networks S.a.r.l. (#3,874).

University's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, University Court of the University of St Andrews moved from 30 to 13 grants (0.43x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

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What this shows University holds 94 patents at rank #3,870, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near University

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,870 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for University, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), University ranks #690 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. 56 Grote Industries, Inc. 56 Kwangwoon University Industry-academic Collaboration Foundation 56 National SUN Yat-sen University 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.2 here).

Mobileiron, Inc. 20.2 avg Tellabs Operations, Inc. 20.2 avg Bitdefender IPR Management Ltd. 20.2 avg The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research 20.2 avg

University's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 7% higher than 93% 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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University Court of the University of St Andrews patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	12.8%
2016	13	13.8%
2017	14	14.9%
2018	10	10.6%
2019	16	17.0%
2020	8	8.5%
2021	6	6.4%
2022	5	5.3%
2023	5	5.3%
2024	3	3.2%
2025partial year	2	2.1%

Which technologies does University Court of the University of St Andrews patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 22

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 17

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 15

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 14

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 13

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 10

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 9

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 8

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 8

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 8

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 7

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 6

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 5

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 5

Top 15 of 81 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

University Court of the University of St Andrews's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

University Court of the University of St Andrews's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 23.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #3,870 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare University Court of the University of St Andrews against The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.8/100 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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