Where does University of Notre Dame du Lac rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), University of Notre Dame du Lac ranks #1,978 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 Notre Dame du Lac hold?

University of Notre Dame du Lac holds 203 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 115 technology areas.

What is University of Notre Dame du Lac's Innovation Score?

University of Notre Dame du Lac has an Innovation Score of 57.8 out of 100 (top 5% 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 Notre Dame du Lac focus on?

University of Notre Dame du Lac's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 43 patents, ranking #350 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 115 CPC subclasses total.

Is University of Notre Dame du Lac's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

University of Notre Dame du Lac's recent grant velocity is +4% 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 Notre Dame du Lac's patents?

University of Notre Dame du Lac's patents average 17.0 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 Notre Dame du Lac 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 Notre Dame du Lac

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 203 granted patents across 115 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 #1,978 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 203 patents across 115 technology areas.

#1,978
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.8/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: +4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1978 · US Corporation #1,978 · 203 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 203 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,978/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Albert Einstein…
CPC-WIDE G01N · 115 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (±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 57.8 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 18.4 pts (32%) Velocity 4.2 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ademco · near

58
CNH Industrial Canada · near

58
Heraeus Deutschland… · near

58
RichWave Technology · near

58
University of Notre… · this assignee

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows University's Innovation Score is 57.8/100 (top 5% 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 17.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 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 Notre Dame du Lac received 97 grants versus 93 in 2015–2019 (+4% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 28 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 10. Lead class G01N accounts for 21.2% of the portfolio across 115 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (#1,974) and Gavrieli Brands LLC (#1,982).

University's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, University of Notre Dame du Lac moved from 71 to 45 grants (0.63x 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 #2,352. See the growth leaderboard.

Albert Einstein C…

203
Carbon

203
Doskocil Manufact…

203
Tridonic & KG

203
Virginia Commonwe…

203
University of Not… ◀

203
BP North America

202
Cubic

202
Gavrieli Brands

202

What this shows University holds 203 patents at rank #1,978, 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 #1,978 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 #350 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Heraeus Deutschland GMBH & Co. KG 58 RichWave Technology Corp. 58 Ademco Inc. 58 CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd. 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.0 here).

Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 17.0 avg RTC Industries, Inc. 17.0 avg Assa Abloy AB 17.0 avg UTI Inc. 17.0 avg

University's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 Notre Dame du Lac patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	4.9%
2016	21	10.3%
2017	23	11.3%
2018	20	9.9%
2019	19	9.4%
2020	24	11.8%
2021	28	13.8%
2022	12	5.9%
2023	16	7.9%
2024	17	8.4%
2025partial year	13	6.4%

Which technologies does University of Notre Dame du Lac patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 43

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 43

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 36

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 36

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 23

H04B - Transmission 17

C07K - Peptides 12

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 11

B01D - Separation 11

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 10

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

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 9

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 9

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

Top 15 of 115 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 Notre Dame du Lac's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

University of Notre Dame du Lac's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 21.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #1,978 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare University of Notre Dame du Lac against Albert Einstein College of Medicine, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.8/100 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

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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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