Where does University of Southern California rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), University of Southern California ranks #694 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 Southern California hold?

University of Southern California holds 652 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 176 technology areas.

What is University of Southern California's Innovation Score?

University of Southern California has an Innovation Score of 63.8 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

University of Southern California's recent grant velocity is -3% 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 Southern California's patents?

University of Southern California's patents average 17.3 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 Southern California 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 Southern California

Q: What technology areas does University of Southern California focus on?

University of Southern California's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 158 patents. Grants appear in 176 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 652 granted patents across 176 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 #694 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 652 patents across 176 technology areas.

#694
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.8/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -3%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R694 · US Corporation #694 · 652 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 652 grants
TOP-DECILE #694/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hughes Network Systems
CPC-WIDE A61K · 176 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -3% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hughes Network Systems, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gambro Lundia AB · near

64
Lear · near

64
Nanning FuLian… · near

64
Schlage Lock · near

64
University of… · this assignee

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows University's Innovation Score is 63.8/100 (top 2% 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.

How University's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, University of Southern California received 298 grants versus 308 in 2015–2019 (-3% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 73 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 44. Lead class A61K accounts for 24.2% of the portfolio across 176 subclasses. Volume neighbours: pSemi Corporation (#690) and Huawei Device Co., Ltd. (#698).

University's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, University of Southern California moved from 194 to 176 grants (0.91x 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 #1,451. See the growth leaderboard.

psemi

654
Nederlandse Organ…

653
Hughes Network Sy…

652
Incyte

652
University of Sou… ◀

652
British Telecommu…

651
BYD

651
Time Warner Cable…

651
Huawei Device

649

What this shows University holds 652 patents at rank #694, 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 #694 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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Schlage Lock Company LLC 64 Lear Corporation 64 Gambro Lundia AB 64 Nanning FuLian FuGui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.3 here).

ICU Medical, Inc. 17.3 avg Darfon Electronics Corp. 17.3 avg ZF CV Systems Europe BV 17.3 avg WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC 17.3 avg

University's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% 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.

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University of Southern California patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	52	8.0%
2016	61	9.4%
2017	67	10.3%
2018	56	8.6%
2019	72	11.0%
2020	72	11.0%
2021	50	7.7%
2022	73	11.2%
2023	59	9.0%
2024	44	6.7%
2025partial year	46	7.1%

Which technologies does University of Southern California patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 158

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 127

C07K - Peptides 60

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 59

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 56

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 56

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 54

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 51

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 48

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 48

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 45

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 38

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 36

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 34

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 34

Top 15 of 176 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#694

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

University of Southern California's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

University of Southern California's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 24.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #694 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare University of Southern California against pSemi Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.8/100 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

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

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