Where does UWM Research Foundation, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), UWM Research Foundation, Inc. ranks #5,484 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 UWM Research Foundation, Inc. hold?

UWM Research Foundation, Inc. holds 63 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 60 technology areas.

What is UWM Research Foundation, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

UWM Research Foundation, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.6 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does UWM Research Foundation, Inc. focus on?

UWM Research Foundation, Inc.'s top technology area is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds) with 21 patents, ranking #419 of 3,165 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 60 CPC subclasses total.

Is UWM Research Foundation, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

UWM Research Foundation, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -12% 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 UWM Research Foundation, Inc.'s patents?

UWM Research Foundation, Inc.'s patents average 16.1 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 UWM Research Foundation, 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 US Corporation

UWM Research Foundation, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 63 granted patents across 60 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: C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, UWM ranks #5,484 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 63 patents across 60 technology areas.

#5,484
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.6/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5484 · US Corporation #5,484 · 63 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 63 grants
UPPER-Q #5,484/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Therma-stor
CPC-WIDE C07D · 60 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Therma-stor LLC (±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 UWM’s 57.6 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 14.4 pts (25%) Velocity 8.6 pts (15%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Karl Storz Imaging · near

58
Nanotek Instruments… · near

58
Netflix · near

58
Northwestern… · near

58
UWM Research… · this assignee

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows UWM's Innovation Score is 57.6/100 (top 5% 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 UWM?

Each dot is one of UWM’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). UWM’s own 16.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How UWM's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, UWM Research Foundation, Inc. received 28 grants versus 32 in 2015–2019 (-12% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 10 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 4. Lead class C07D accounts for 33.3% of the portfolio across 60 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Therma-stor LLC (#5,479) and Virtual Hold Technology Solutions, LLC (#5,487).

UWM's three-year grant acceleration

UWM Research Foundation, Inc. shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Therma-stor

63
Tyco UK

63
University Indust…

63
Unlikely Artifici…

63
Ultravision

63
Varian Medical Sy…

63
Valeo Japan

63
Virtual Hold Tech…

63
UWM Research Foun… ◀

63

What this shows UWM holds 63 patents at rank #5,483, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near UWM

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,483 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for UWM, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), UWM ranks #419 of 3,165 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Northwestern Polytechnical University 58 Nanotek Instruments Group, LLC 58 Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. 58 Netflix, Inc. 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.1 here).

Zealand Pharma A/S 16.1 avg Innovative Sonic Corporation 16.1 avg Zonar Systems, Inc. 16.1 avg Molecular Imprints, Inc. 16.1 avg

UWM'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 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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UWM Research Foundation, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	15.9%
2016	6	9.5%
2017	6	9.5%
2018	6	9.5%
2019	4	6.3%
2020	6	9.5%
2021	4	6.3%
2022	4	6.3%
2023	6	9.5%
2024	8	12.7%
2025partial year	3	4.8%

Which technologies does UWM Research Foundation, Inc. patent most?

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 21

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 18

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 16

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 11

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

C07K - Peptides 5

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 5

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 4

Top 15 of 60 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

UWM Research Foundation, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

UWM Research Foundation, Inc.'s lead technology class is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07D
Ranked #5,484 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare UWM Research Foundation, Inc. against Therma-stor LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.6/100 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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