Overall rank by patents
#9,915
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 38 technology areas, active 2020–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: A61K (PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES).
The verdict
University holds 32 US patents across 38 technology areas, rank #9,915 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
University Of Rhode Island Board Of Trustees has been granted 32 US utility patents between 2020 and 2025, placing University Of Rhode Island Board Of Trustees at rank #9,915 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 38 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 21.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61K (PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES). As a US Corporation, University Of Rhode Island Board Of Trustees is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, University sits between University OF South Australia (32 patents, rank #9,911) and Vesper Medical, Inc. (32 patents, rank #9,919) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 66.6/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Historical data spans 2020 through 2025, with 32 total grants over that period. Velocity comparisons require five years of historical filings to calibrate. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. University Of Rhode Island Board Of Trustees's 21.2 average claims per patent reflects complex, broadly scoped inventions that are difficult for competitors to design around, while a multi-domain presence across 38 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark University Of Rhode Island Board Of Trustees against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
32 patents
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA “LA SAPIENZA”
32 patents
United States Department of Energy
32 patents
Universiti Brunei Darussalam
32 patents
Unmanned Innovations, Inc.
32 patents
Urotronic, Inc.
32 patents
VAST.COM, INC.
32 patents
VESPER MEDICAL, INC.
32 patents
University of Rhode Island Board of Trustees
32 patents
What this shows University holds 32 patents at rank #9,915, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #9,915 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in University's primary technology class.
University's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
67 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 3.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 8 | 25.0% |
| 2023 | 6 | 18.8% |
| 2024 | 7 | 21.9% |
| 2025 | 9 | 28.1% |
Top 15 of 38 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#9,915
Across all tracked assignees
66.6 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
University's 32 grants land it in the top 1% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.