Overall rank by patents
#20,572
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, University ranks #20,572 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 11 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R20572 · Foreign Corporation #20,572 · 14 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · 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
University OF Geneva · this assignee
50 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows University's Innovation Score is 50.2/100 (top 13% 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.
University OF Geneva is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under A61K (PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, University sits between UNEO Inc. and Ustudio, Inc..
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
UNEO INC.
14 patents
UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO / EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA
14 patents
UNIVERSITA DI PISA
14 patents
UNIVERSITETET I TROMSØ—NORGES ARKTISKE UNIVERSITET
14 patents
UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG
14 patents
UROMEMS
14 patents
US Tower Corporation
14 patents
USTUDIO, INC.
14 patents
UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA
14 patents
What this shows University holds 14 patents at rank #20,565, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #20,565 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in University's primary technology class.
University's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
50 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2017 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2023 | 3 | 21.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 14.3% |
Top 11 of 11 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#20,572
of 50,000 tracked assignees
50.2 out of 100
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