Overall rank by patents
#7,210
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 46 granted patents across 48 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: A61P (SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Université ranks #7,210 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 46 patents across 48 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R7210 · Foreign Corporation #7,210 · 46 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Tomey Corporation (±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
Ethernovia · near
58 score
Université Libre DE… · this assignee
58 score
Velcro IP Holdings · near
58 score
Welch Allyn · near
58 score
Cerence Operating · near
58 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Université Libre DE Bruxelles stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-WIDE, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DOWN, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #7,210 of 50,000; Innovation Score 57.9/100 sits in the top 5% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Tomey Corporation (±0 grants).
Université Libre DE Bruxelles has been granted 46 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Université Libre DE Bruxelles at #7,210 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 48 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 16.0 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61P (SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS). As a Foreign Corporation, Université Libre DE Bruxelles is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Université sits between Tomey Corporation (46 patents, rank #7,204) and Vishay Dale Electronics, Llc (46 patents, rank #7,212) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 57.9/100 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 15 grants, compared with 25 in the 2015–2019 window, a -40% 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 Libre DE Bruxelles's 16.0 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 48 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 ◀
Tomey Corporation
46 patents
UMC Utrecht Holding B.V.
46 patents
UNITY OPTO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
46 patents
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK—NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, Cork
46 patents
UPM RAFLATAC OY
46 patents
Unigen, Inc.
46 patents
VANRX PHARMASYSTEMS INC.
46 patents
Vishay Dale Electronics, LLC
46 patents
UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES
46 patents
What this shows Université holds 46 patents at rank #7,208, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #7,208 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Université's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Université, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).
Université's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 | 19.6% |
| 2016 | 3 | 6.5% |
| 2017 | 5 | 10.9% |
| 2018 | 5 | 10.9% |
| 2019 | 3 | 6.5% |
| 2020 | 1 | 2.2% |
| 2021 | 3 | 6.5% |
| 2022 | 3 | 6.5% |
| 2023 | 2 | 4.3% |
| 2024 | 6 | 13.0% |
| 2025partial year | 6 | 13.0% |
Top 15 of 48 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#7,210
of 50,000 tracked assignees
57.9 out of 100
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