Where does Università degli Studi di Trieste rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Università degli Studi di Trieste ranks #43,852 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 Università degli Studi di Trieste hold?

Università degli Studi di Trieste holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Università degli Studi di Trieste's Innovation Score?

Università degli Studi di Trieste has an Innovation Score of 35.5 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Università degli Studi di Trieste's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Università degli Studi di Trieste's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Università degli Studi di Trieste's patents?

Università degli Studi di Trieste's patents average 18.2 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 Università degli Studi di Trieste 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 Foreign Corporation

Università degli Studi di Trieste

Q: What technology areas does Università degli Studi di Trieste focus on?

Università degli Studi di Trieste's top technology area is A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles) with 3 patents, ranking #992 of 2,589 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Università ranks #43,852 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 10 technology areas.

#43,852
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.5/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43852 · Foreign Corporation #43,852 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,852/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH União Brasileira de…
CPC-FOCUS A61L · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: União Brasileira de Educação E Assistência—Mantenedora da Pucrs (±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 Università’s 35.5 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 6.7 pts (19%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 11.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (31%)

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What this shows Università's Innovation Score is 35.5/100 (top 49% 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 Università?

Each dot is one of Università’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). Università’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Università vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Università's grants concentrate

Università degli Studi di Trieste is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES;). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Università sits between University of Southern Queensland and União Brasileira de Educação E Assistência—Mantenedora da Pucrs.

Università's three-year grant acceleration

Università degli Studi di Trieste shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

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What this shows Università holds 6 patents at rank #43,842, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Università

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,842 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Università's primary technology class.

Università's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Università degli Studi di Trieste patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	33.3%
2016	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Università degli Studi di Trieste patent most?

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 3

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

Top 10 of 10 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

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Università degli Studi di Trieste's lead technology class is A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES;), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61L
Ranked #43,852 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Università degli Studi di Trieste against University of Southern Queensland, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.5/100 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

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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

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