Where does University of British Columbia rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), University of British Columbia ranks #1,135 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 of British Columbia hold?

University of British Columbia holds 373 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 133 technology areas.

What is University of British Columbia's Innovation Score?

University of British Columbia has an Innovation Score of 62.3 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 University of British Columbia focus on?

University of British Columbia's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 130 patents, ranking #137 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 133 CPC subclasses total.

Is University of British Columbia's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

University of British Columbia's recent grant velocity is -4% 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 of British Columbia's patents?

University of British Columbia's patents average 20.8 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 University of British Columbia 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

University of British Columbia

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 373 granted patents across 133 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, University ranks #1,135 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 373 patents across 133 technology areas.

#1,135
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.3/100): 20.8
avg claims per patent: -4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1135 · Foreign Corporation #1,135 · 373 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 373 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,135/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 10x Genomics
CPC-WIDE A61K · 133 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 10x Genomics, 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.

How University’s 62.3 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 20.5 pts (33%) Velocity 4.3 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 12.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fortinet · near

62
III Holdings 12 · near

62
Rondo Energy · near

62
STMicroelectronics… · near

62
University of… · this assignee

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows University's Innovation Score is 62.3/100 (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 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 20.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.1 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 of British Columbia received 173 grants versus 180 in 2015–2019 (-4% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 60 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 25. Lead class A61K accounts for 34.9% of the portfolio across 133 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Mako Surgical Corp. (#1,131) and The Curators of the University of Missouri (#1,139).

University's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, University of British Columbia moved from 131 to 85 grants (0.65x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,314. See the growth leaderboard.

Mako Surgical

374
10x Genomics

373
Huawei Digital Po…

373
Nokia

373
University of Bri… ◀

373
Samsung SDS

372
HL Mando

371
Puma SE

371
The Curators of t…

371

What this shows University holds 373 patents at rank #1,135, 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 #1,135 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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 A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), University ranks #137 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

III Holdings 12, LLC 62 Fortinet, Inc. 62 STMicroelectronics (Tours) SAS 62 Rondo Energy, Inc. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.8 here).

President and Fellows of Harvard College 20.8 avg Infoblox Inc. 20.8 avg Ideal Industries Lighting LLC 20.8 avg Innovium, Inc. 20.8 avg

University's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 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.

View data table

University of British Columbia patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	37	9.9%
2016	33	8.8%
2017	32	8.6%
2018	35	9.4%
2019	43	11.5%
2020	60	16.1%
2021	28	7.5%
2022	25	6.7%
2023	25	6.7%
2024	35	9.4%
2025partial year	20	5.4%

Which technologies does University of British Columbia patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 130

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 119

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 71

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 66

C07K - Peptides 58

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 37

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 31

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 26

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 26

C12Y - Enzymes 20

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 19

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 16

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 16

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 15

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 15

Top 15 of 133 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 of British Columbia's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

University of British Columbia's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 34.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #1,135 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare University of British Columbia against Mako Surgical Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.3/100 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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