Where does University OF Copenhagen rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), University OF Copenhagen ranks #4,851 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 Copenhagen hold?

University OF Copenhagen holds 72 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 50 technology areas.

What is University OF Copenhagen's Innovation Score?

University OF Copenhagen has an Innovation Score of 55.4 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%).

What technology areas does University OF Copenhagen focus on?

University OF Copenhagen's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 31 patents, ranking #730 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 50 CPC subclasses total.

Is University OF Copenhagen's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

University OF Copenhagen's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for University OF Copenhagen's patents?

University OF Copenhagen's patents average 16.8 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 Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 72 granted patents across 50 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 #4,851 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 72 patents across 50 technology areas.

#4,851
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.4/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4851 · Foreign Corporation #4,851 · 72 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 72 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,851/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Texas Instruments…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 50 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Texas Instruments Deutschland GMBH (±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 55.4 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 14.8 pts (27%) Velocity 5.5 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Straumann Holding · near

55
Fujimi Incorporated · near

55
Sparkcognition · near

55
University OF… · this assignee

55
The Industry &… · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows University's Innovation Score is 55.4/100 (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 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 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 Copenhagen received 44 grants versus 22 in 2015–2019 (+100% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 12 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 2. Lead class A61K accounts for 43.1% of the portfolio across 50 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Texas Instruments Deutschland GMBH (#4,845) and ViaCyte, Inc. (#4,853).

University's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, University OF Copenhagen moved from 29 to 24 grants (0.83x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Texas Instruments…

72
THE University OF…

72
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72
Tokiwa

72
Unity IPR Aps

72
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72
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72
Viacyte

72
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72

What this shows University holds 72 patents at rank #4,849, 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 #4,849 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 #730 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Sparkcognition, Inc 55 Fujimi Incorporated 55 The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC) 55 Straumann Holding AG 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.8 here).

Clarius Mobile Health Corp. 16.8 avg BAE Systems Controls Inc. 16.8 avg Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. 16.8 avg Synaptive Medical Inc. 16.8 avg

University's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 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 OF Copenhagen patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	4.2%
2016	3	4.2%
2017	2	2.8%
2018	5	6.9%
2019	9	12.5%
2020	8	11.1%
2021	12	16.7%
2022	7	9.7%
2023	11	15.3%
2024	6	8.3%
2025partial year	6	8.3%

Which technologies does University OF Copenhagen patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 31

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 28

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 26

C07K - Peptides 22

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 11

C12Y - Enzymes 8

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 8

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 7

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 6

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 6

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 6

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 5

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 5

Top 15 of 50 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

University OF Copenhagen's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

University OF Copenhagen's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 43.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #4,851 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare University OF Copenhagen against Texas Instruments Deutschland GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.4/100 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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