Overall rank by patents
#7,096
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 47 granted patents across 69 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, University ranks #7,096 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 47 patents across 69 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R7096 · Foreign Corporation #7,096 · 47 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Tomoegawa 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Bekaert · near
54 score
Inari Medical · near
54 score
National University… · near
54 score
University Of Newcas… · this assignee
54 score
Airspan IP Holdco · near
54 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows University Of Newcastle Upon Tyne stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-WIDE, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-FLAT, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #7,096 of 50,000; Innovation Score 53.5/100 sits in the top 9% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Tomoegawa Corporation (±0 grants).
University Of Newcastle Upon Tyne has been granted 47 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing University Of Newcastle Upon Tyne at #7,096 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 69 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 17.9 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION). As a Foreign Corporation, University Of Newcastle Upon Tyne is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, University sits between Tomoegawa Corporation (47 patents, rank #7,091) and Zenuity AB (47 patents, rank #7,099) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 53.5/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 20 grants, compared with 22 in the 2015–2019 window, a -9% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. University Of Newcastle Upon Tyne's 17.9 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 69 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Tomoegawa Corporation
47 patents
TricorBraun Inc.
47 patents
Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
47 patents
University Of Basel
47 patents
Vehicle Service Group, LLC
47 patents
Viewray Technologies, Inc.
47 patents
Yazaki North America, Inc.
47 patents
ZENUITY AB
47 patents
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
47 patents
What this shows University holds 47 patents at rank #7,095, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #7,095 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in University's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for University, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).
University's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
54 Top 9% higher than 91% of 50,000 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
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 12.8% |
| 2016 | 2 | 4.3% |
| 2017 | 3 | 6.4% |
| 2018 | 6 | 12.8% |
| 2019 | 5 | 10.6% |
| 2020 | 7 | 14.9% |
| 2021 | 3 | 6.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 2.1% |
| 2023 | 2 | 4.3% |
| 2024 | 7 | 14.9% |
| 2025partial year | 5 | 10.6% |
Top 15 of 69 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#7,096
of 50,000 tracked assignees
53.5 out of 100
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