Where does University OF Leicester rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), University OF Leicester ranks #6,603 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 Leicester hold?

University OF Leicester holds 51 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is University OF Leicester's Innovation Score?

University OF Leicester has an Innovation Score of 44.5 out of 100 (top 25% 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 Leicester focus on?

University OF Leicester's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 25 patents, ranking #906 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

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

University OF Leicester's recent grant velocity is -12% 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 Leicester's patents?

University OF Leicester's patents average 13.8 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 Leicester 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 Leicester

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 51 granted patents across 27 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 #6,603 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 51 patents across 27 technology areas.

#6,603
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.5/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6603 · Foreign Corporation #6,603 · 51 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 51 grants
UPPER-Q #6,603/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tempur-Pedic…
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tempur-Pedic Management, LLC (±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 44.5 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 13.6 pts (31%) Velocity 4.2 pts (9%) Breadth 18.4 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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ASM America · near

44
Celestica Technology… · near

44
Encore Medical · near

44
Sichuan Kelun-biotec… · near

44
University OF… · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows University's Innovation Score is 44.5/100 (top 25% 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 13.8 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.

Where University's grants concentrate

University OF Leicester is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 49% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, University sits between Tempur-Pedic Management, LLC and Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG.

University's three-year grant acceleration

University OF Leicester shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Tempur-pedic Mana…

51
The Quaker Oats

51
Toshiba Electron…

51
Tower Manufacturi…

51
VTV Therapeutics

51
Vestel Elektronik…

51
Viiv Healthcare U…

51
Waldemar Link & KG

51
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What this shows University holds 51 patents at rank #6,603, 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 #6,603 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 #906 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Encore Medical, LP 44 Celestica Technology Consultancy (Shanghai) Co. Ltd 44 ASM America, Inc. 44 Sichuan Kelun-biotech Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.8 here).

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals S.A. 13.8 avg European Molecular Biology Laboratory 13.8 avg Aerin Medical Inc. 13.8 avg Lesaffre ET Compagnie 13.8 avg

University's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 Leicester patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	5.9%
2016	5	9.8%
2017	4	7.8%
2018	6	11.8%
2019	8	15.7%
2020	7	13.7%
2021	4	7.8%
2022	3	5.9%
2023	2	3.9%
2024	7	13.7%
2025partial year	2	3.9%

Which technologies does University OF Leicester patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 25

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 18

C07K - Peptides 16

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 16

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 7

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 6

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 6

C12Y - Enzymes 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 3

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 2

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

Top 15 of 27 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 Leicester's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

University OF Leicester's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 49% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #6,603 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare University OF Leicester against Tempur-Pedic Management, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.5/100 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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