Where does University of Virginia Patent Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), University of Virginia Patent Foundation ranks #869 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 Virginia Patent Foundation hold?

University of Virginia Patent Foundation holds 520 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 157 technology areas.

What is University of Virginia Patent Foundation's Innovation Score?

University of Virginia Patent Foundation has an Innovation Score of 66.2 out of 100 (top 1% 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 Virginia Patent Foundation focus on?

University of Virginia Patent Foundation's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 145 patents, ranking #128 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 157 CPC subclasses total.

Is University of Virginia Patent Foundation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

University of Virginia Patent Foundation's recent grant velocity is -4% 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 Virginia Patent Foundation's patents?

University of Virginia Patent Foundation's patents average 22.7 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

University of Virginia Patent Foundation

Q: How is the University of Virginia Patent Foundation 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 PatentsView assignee record - 520 granted patents across 157 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, University ranks #869 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 520 patents across 157 technology areas.

#869
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.2/100): 22.7
avg claims per patent: -4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R869 · US Corporation #869 · 520 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 520 grants
TOP-DECILE #869/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH China Academy OF…
CPC-WIDE A61B · 157 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: China Academy OF Telecommunications Technology (±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 66.2 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 21.6 pts (33%) Velocity 6.0 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 13.6 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arista Networks · near

66
Philip Morris Products · near

66
Singular Genomics… · near

66
Carl Zeiss SMT · near

66
University of… · this assignee

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows University's Innovation Score is 66.2/100 (top 1% 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 22.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 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 Virginia Patent Foundation received 230 grants versus 239 in 2015–2019 (-4% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 61 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 33. Lead class A61B accounts for 27.9% of the portfolio across 157 subclasses. Volume neighbours: ELI Lilly AND Company (#865) and Tesla, Inc. (#873).

University's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, University of Virginia Patent Foundation moved from 153 to 138 grants (0.90x 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 #1,462. See the growth leaderboard.

ELI Lilly AND

523
United States of…

523
China Academy OF…

520
Fresenius Medical…

520
University of Vir… ◀

520
Micromass UK

519
Open Text ULC

518
Pepsico

518
Tesla

518

What this shows University holds 520 patents at rank #869, 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 #869 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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 A61B (Diagnosis), University ranks #128 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH 66 Arista Networks, Inc. 66 Philip Morris Products S.A. 66 Singular Genomics Systems, Inc. 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.7 here).

Dynatrace LLC 22.7 avg Seereal Technologies S.A. 22.7 avg Imra America, Inc. 22.7 avg Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. 22.7 avg

University's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 Virginia Patent Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	33	6.3%
2016	38	7.3%
2017	47	9.0%
2018	60	11.5%
2019	61	11.7%
2020	47	9.0%
2021	45	8.7%
2022	52	10.0%
2023	41	7.9%
2024	45	8.7%
2025partial year	51	9.8%

Which technologies does University of Virginia Patent Foundation patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 145

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 132

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 116

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 80

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 65

C07K - Peptides 53

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 51

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 48

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 44

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

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 32

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 32

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 30

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 24

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 17

Top 15 of 157 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 Virginia Patent Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

University of Virginia Patent Foundation's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 27.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #869 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare University of Virginia Patent Foundation against ELI Lilly AND Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.2/100 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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