Overall rank by patents
#18,249
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 30 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: A61P (SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Université ranks #18,249 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 30 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R18249 · Foreign Corporation #18,249 · 16 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Ulstein Design & Solutions AS (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Université DE Tours · this assignee
43 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Université DE Tours stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #18,249 of 50,000; Innovation Score 43.4/100 sits in the top 28% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Ulstein Design & Solutions AS (±0 grants).
Université DE Tours has been granted 16 US utility patents between 2019 and 2025, placing Université DE Tours at #18,249 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 30 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 14.0 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61P (SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS). As a Foreign Corporation, Université DE Tours is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Université sits between Universidad Complutense DE Madrid (16 patents, rank #18,238) and Universal Can Corporation (16 patents, rank #18,246) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 43.4/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 13 grants, compared with 2 in the 2015–2019 window, a +550% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Université DE Tours's 14.0 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 30 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID
16 patents
UNIVERSITE DE DROIT ET DE LA SANTE DE LILLE 2
16 patents
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI
16 patents
UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM HAMBURG—EPPENDORF
16 patents
USA SPORTS, INC.
16 patents
Ulstein Design & Solutions AS
16 patents
Unico, LLC
16 patents
Universal Can Corporation
16 patents
UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS
16 patents
What this shows Université holds 16 patents at rank #18,242, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #18,242 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Université's primary technology class.
Université's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
43 Top 28% higher than 72% of 50,000 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2019–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2020 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 2021 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2022 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2024 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 6.3% |
Top 15 of 30 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#18,249
of 50,000 tracked assignees
43.4 out of 100
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