Where does University Of Delaware rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), University Of Delaware ranks #3,487 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 Delaware hold?

University Of Delaware holds 106 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 94 technology areas.

What is University Of Delaware's Innovation Score?

University Of Delaware has an Innovation Score of 56.6 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is University Of Delaware's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

University Of Delaware'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 Delaware's patents?

University Of Delaware's patents average 19.0 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 Delaware 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 US Corporation

University Of Delaware

Q: What technology areas does University Of Delaware focus on?

University Of Delaware's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 22 patents, ranking #672 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 94 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 106 granted patents across 94 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, University ranks #3,487 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 106 patents across 94 technology areas.

#3,487
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.6/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: -4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3487 · US Corporation #3,487 · 106 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 106 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,487/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shibaura Mechatronics
CPC-WIDE Y02E · 94 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation (±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 56.6 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 16.1 pts (28%) Velocity 4.1 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hefei Hualing · near

57
PerkinElmer Health… · near

57
Sandvik Intellectual… · near

57
University Of Delaware · this assignee

57
Wiz · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows University's Innovation Score is 56.6/100 (top 6% 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 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 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 Delaware received 46 grants versus 48 in 2015–2019 (-4% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 17 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 4. Lead class Y02E accounts for 20.8% of the portfolio across 94 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation (#3,483) and Beijing Kingsoft Internet Security Software Co., Ltd. (#3,491).

University's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, University Of Delaware moved from 34 to 21 grants (0.62x 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 #2,399. See the growth leaderboard.

Shibaura Mechatro…

106
Sulzer Mixpac

106
Technische Univer…

106
The Henry M Jacks…

106
VCE IP Holding

106
ZF Active Safety

106
University Of Del… ◀

106
24M

105
Beijing Kingsoft…

105

What this shows University holds 106 patents at rank #3,487, 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 #3,487 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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 Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), University ranks #672 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Hefei Hualing Co., Ltd. 57 PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. 57 Sandvik Intellectual Property AB 57 Wiz, Inc. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.0 here).

Heraeus Medical GmbH 19.0 avg Syniverse Technologies, LLC 19.0 avg Atlassian, Inc. 19.0 avg University OF Hawaii 19.0 avg

University's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 Delaware patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	8.5%
2016	4	3.8%
2017	11	10.4%
2018	15	14.2%
2019	9	8.5%
2020	17	16.0%
2021	8	7.5%
2022	6	5.7%
2023	7	6.6%
2024	8	7.5%
2025partial year	12	11.3%

Which technologies does University Of Delaware patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 22

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 16

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 15

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 11

C07K - Peptides 10

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 10

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 9

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 9

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 9

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 9

B01D - Separation 9

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 7

C12Y - Enzymes 7

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 7

Top 15 of 94 technology areas

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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 Delaware's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

University Of Delaware's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 20.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #3,487 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare University Of Delaware against Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.6/100 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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