Where does University of Limerick rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), University of Limerick ranks #6,400 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 Limerick hold?

University of Limerick holds 53 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 80 technology areas.

What is University of Limerick's Innovation Score?

University of Limerick has an Innovation Score of 59.5 out of 100 (top 4% 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 Limerick focus on?

University of Limerick's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 7 patents, ranking #3,032 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 80 CPC subclasses total.

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

University of Limerick's recent grant velocity is +93% 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 Limerick's patents?

University of Limerick's patents average 14.4 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 Limerick 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 Limerick

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 53 granted patents across 80 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 #6,400 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 53 patents across 80 technology areas.

#6,400
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.5/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: +93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6400 · Foreign Corporation #6,400 · 53 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 53 grants
UPPER-Q #6,400/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Totani
CPC-WIDE A61K · 80 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Totani 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 59.5 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 13.8 pts (23%) Velocity 12.1 pts (20%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
University OF North… · near

60
Xiamen Tianma… · near

60
Minebea Mitsumi · near

60
Umicore & KG · near

60
University of Limerick · this assignee

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows University's Innovation Score is 59.5/100 (top 4% 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 14.4 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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 Limerick received 29 grants versus 15 in 2015–2019 (+93% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 9 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 2. Lead class A61K accounts for 13.2% of the portfolio across 80 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Totani Corporation (#6,394) and Velcro Bvba (#6,402).

University's three-year grant acceleration

University of Limerick shows 20 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Totani

53
UIH America

53
Ultrahaptics IP

53
Ultima Genomics

53
Unwired Planet

53
Veoneer Sweden AB

53
Varcode

53
Velcro Bvba

53
University of Lim… ◀

53

What this shows University holds 53 patents at rank #6,398, 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 #6,398 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 #3,032 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Umicore AG & Co. KG 60 Minebea Mitsumi Inc. 60 University OF North Texas 60 Xiamen Tianma Display Technology Co., Ltd. 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.4 here).

Respivert Ltd. 14.4 avg Qingdao Pico Technology Co., Ltd. 14.4 avg AXENS 14.4 avg Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc. 14.4 avg

University's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 Limerick patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	5.7%
2016	5	9.4%
2017	2	3.8%
2018	3	5.7%
2019	2	3.8%
2020	5	9.4%
2021	4	7.5%
2022	9	17.0%
2023	4	7.5%
2024	7	13.2%
2025partial year	9	17.0%

Which technologies does University of Limerick patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

C22C - Alloys 5

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

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 4

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 3

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 3

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 3

Top 15 of 80 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 Limerick's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

University of Limerick's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 13.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #6,400 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare University of Limerick against Totani Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.5/100 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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