Where does UTI Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), UTI Inc. ranks #3,269 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 UTI Inc. hold?

UTI Inc. holds 115 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 95 technology areas.

What is UTI Inc.'s Innovation Score?

UTI Inc. has an Innovation Score of 63.0 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%).

What technology areas does UTI Inc. focus on?

UTI Inc.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 30 patents. Grants appear in 95 CPC subclasses total.

Is UTI Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

UTI Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +124% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for UTI Inc.'s patents?

UTI Inc.'s patents average 17.0 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 UTI Inc. 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

UTI Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 115 granted patents across 95 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, UTI ranks #3,269 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 115 patents across 95 technology areas.

#3,269
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.0/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: +124%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3269 · Foreign Corporation #3,269 · 115 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 115 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,269/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shofu
CPC-WIDE A61K · 95 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +124% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shofu Inc. (±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
Leviton Manufacturing · near

63
University of South… · near

63
UTI · this assignee

63
BAE Systems… · near

63
First Solar · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows UTI's Innovation Score is 63.0/100 (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 UTI's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, UTI Inc. received 74 grants versus 33 in 2015–2019 (+124% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 20 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 4. Lead class A61K accounts for 26.1% of the portfolio across 95 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Shofu Inc. (#3,265) and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. (#3,273).

UTI's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, UTI Inc. moved from 31 to 53 grants (1.71x 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 #309. See the growth leaderboard.

Shofu

115
Simpson Strong-tie

115
Singular Genomics…

115
Tmeic

115
UTI ◀

115
Abbyy Development

114
Asana

114
Baidu COM Times T…

114
Bard Peripheral V…

114

What this shows UTI holds 115 patents at rank #3,269, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near UTI

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,269 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for UTI, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. 63 University of South Florida 63 First Solar, Inc. 63 BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.0 here).

RTC Industries, Inc. 17.0 avg University of Notre Dame du Lac 17.0 avg Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 17.0 avg Assa Abloy AB 17.0 avg

UTI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 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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UTI Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	3.5%
2016	4	3.5%
2017	7	6.1%
2018	8	7.0%
2019	10	8.7%
2020	9	7.8%
2021	12	10.4%
2022	15	13.0%
2023	20	17.4%
2024	18	15.7%
2025partial year	8	7.0%

Which technologies does UTI Inc. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 30

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 27

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 14

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 10

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

C07K - Peptides 10

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 8

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 8

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 8

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 8

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 6

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 6

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 6

Top 15 of 95 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,269

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.0 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

UTI Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

UTI Inc.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 26.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #3,269 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare UTI Inc. against Shofu Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.0/100 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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