Where does University of Maryland rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), University of Maryland ranks #3,516 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 Maryland hold?

University of Maryland holds 105 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 100 technology areas.

What is University of Maryland's Innovation Score?

University of Maryland has an Innovation Score of 56.4 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%).

What technology areas does University of Maryland focus on?

University of Maryland's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 21 patents, ranking #1,078 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 100 CPC subclasses total.

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

University of Maryland's recent grant velocity is -39% 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 Maryland's patents?

University of Maryland'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 Maryland 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 Maryland

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 105 granted patents across 100 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 #3,516 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 105 patents across 100 technology areas.

#3,516
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.4/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: -39%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3516 · US Corporation #3,516 · 105 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 105 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,516/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Teledyne Scientific…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 100 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -39% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, 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 56.4 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 16.1 pts (29%) Velocity 3.9 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Council OF Scientifi… · near

56
Invensas · near

56
Nipro · near

56
University of Maryland · this assignee

56
Blue River Technology · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows University's Innovation Score is 56.4/100 (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 17.9 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 Maryland received 37 grants versus 61 in 2015–2019 (-39% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 18 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 2. Lead class A61K accounts for 20% of the portfolio across 100 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC (#3,512) and Xiamen Leedarson Lighting Co., Ltd (#3,520).

University's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, University of Maryland moved from 29 to 17 grants (0.59x 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 #2,484. See the growth leaderboard.

Teledyne Scientif…

105
Tianma Japan

105
The Translational…

105
Thomson Reuters G…

105
Varex Imaging

105
Valencell

105
Versitech

105
Xiamen Leedarson…

105
University of Mar… ◀

105

What this shows University holds 105 patents at rank #3,516, 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 #3,516 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 #1,078 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Nipro Corporation 56 Invensas LLC 56 Council OF Scientific AND Industrial Research 56 Blue River Technology Inc. 56

Similar claim depth

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

Smule, Inc. 19.0 avg Asana, Inc. 19.0 avg Datalogic USA, Inc. 19.0 avg Climate LLC 19.0 avg

University's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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 Maryland patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	7.6%
2016	18	17.1%
2017	14	13.3%
2018	12	11.4%
2019	9	8.6%
2020	12	11.4%
2021	8	7.6%
2022	2	1.9%
2023	8	7.6%
2024	7	6.7%
2025partial year	7	6.7%

Which technologies does University of Maryland patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 21

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 19

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 17

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 15

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 13

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 12

C07K - Peptides 10

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 10

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 10

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 7

B01D - Separation 6

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 6

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

C12Y - Enzymes 5

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 5

Top 15 of 100 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 Maryland's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

University of Maryland's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #3,516 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare University of Maryland against Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.4/100 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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