Where does University OF North Texas rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), University OF North Texas ranks #4,311 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 North Texas hold?

University OF North Texas holds 83 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 91 technology areas.

What is University OF North Texas's Innovation Score?

University OF North Texas 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 North Texas focus on?

University OF North Texas's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 16 patents, ranking #956 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 91 CPC subclasses total.

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

University OF North Texas's recent grant velocity is +9% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for University OF North Texas's patents?

University OF North Texas's patents average 16.6 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 North Texas 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 North Texas

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 83 granted patents across 91 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, University ranks #4,311 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 83 patents across 91 technology areas.

#4,311
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.5/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: +9%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4311 · US Corporation #4,311 · 83 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 83 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,311/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Coleman
CPC-WIDE G01N · 91 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +9% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Coleman Company, 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.

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 15.3 pts (26%) Velocity 9.3 pts (16%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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University OF North… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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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 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 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 North Texas received 38 grants versus 35 in 2015–2019 (+9% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 13 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 1. Lead class G01N accounts for 19.3% of the portfolio across 91 subclasses. Volume neighbours: The Coleman Company, Inc. (#4,307) and Acucela Inc. (#4,315).

University's three-year grant acceleration

University OF North Texas shows 25 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

The Coleman

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Acucela

82

What this shows University holds 83 patents at rank #4,311, 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 #4,311 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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 G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), University ranks #956 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Xiamen Tianma Display Technology Co., Ltd. 60 Beihang University 60 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. 60 Cummins Emission Solutions Inc. 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.6 here).

Cleversafe, Inc. 16.6 avg FUNDACIÓ Institut DE Ciencies FOTÒNIQUES 16.6 avg Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd. 16.6 avg Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG 16.6 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 North Texas patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	9.6%
2016	13	15.7%
2017	8	9.6%
2018	1	1.2%
2019	5	6.0%
2020	7	8.4%
2021	6	7.2%
2022	6	7.2%
2023	12	14.5%
2024	7	8.4%
2025partial year	10	12.0%

Which technologies does University OF North Texas patent most?

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

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 10

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 9

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 9

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 9

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 8

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 8

C22C - Alloys 6

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 5

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 5

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 5

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

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 4

Top 15 of 91 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

University OF North Texas's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

University OF North Texas's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 19.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #4,311 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare University OF North Texas against The Coleman Company, Inc., 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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