Where does Vanderbilt University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vanderbilt University ranks #706 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 Vanderbilt University hold?

Vanderbilt University holds 642 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 130 technology areas.

What is Vanderbilt University's Innovation Score?

Vanderbilt University has an Innovation Score of 62.8 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%).

Is Vanderbilt University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vanderbilt University's recent grant velocity is +13% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Vanderbilt University's patents?

Vanderbilt University's patents average 17.1 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 Vanderbilt University 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

Vanderbilt University

Q: What technology areas does Vanderbilt University focus on?

Vanderbilt University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 245 patents. Grants appear in 130 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 642 granted patents across 130 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, Vanderbilt ranks #706 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 642 patents across 130 technology areas.

#706
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.8/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: +13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R706 · US Corporation #706 · 642 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 642 grants
TOP-DECILE #706/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Abbott Cardiovascula…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 130 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (±2 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
AGC · near

63
Karsten Manufacturing · near

63
Autoliv ASP · near

63
Tyco (Shanghai) · near

63
Vanderbilt University · this assignee

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vanderbilt's Innovation Score is 62.8/100 (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 Vanderbilt's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Vanderbilt University received 320 grants versus 282 in 2015–2019 (+13% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 80 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 40. Lead class A61K accounts for 38.2% of the portfolio across 130 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Goertek Inc. (#702) and MANN+HUMMEL GmbH (#710).

Vanderbilt's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Vanderbilt University moved from 222 to 172 grants (0.78x 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 #1,916. See the growth leaderboard.

Goertek

646
Palo Alto Networks

646
GS Yuasa Internat…

645
Siemens Energy

645
Vanderbilt Univer… ◀

642
Abbott Cardiovasc…

640
Mitsubishi Materi…

640
S C Johnson & SON

640
MANN+Hummel

639

What this shows Vanderbilt holds 642 patents at rank #706, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vanderbilt

By rank, the assignees closest to #706 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 63 Autoliv ASP, Inc. 63 AGC Inc. 63 Karsten Manufacturing Corporation 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.1 here).

University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. 17.1 avg Nchain Licensing AG 17.1 avg Elenion Technologies, LLC 17.1 avg The University of Nottingham 17.1 avg

Vanderbilt'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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Vanderbilt University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	43	6.7%
2016	40	6.2%
2017	64	10.0%
2018	61	9.5%
2019	74	11.5%
2020	80	12.5%
2021	68	10.6%
2022	58	9.0%
2023	56	8.7%
2024	58	9.0%
2025partial year	40	6.2%

Which technologies does Vanderbilt University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 245

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 189

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 145

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 116

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 103

C07K - Peptides 85

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 45

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 44

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 37

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 33

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 31

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 31

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 25

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 23

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 23

Top 15 of 130 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#706

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

62.8 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

Vanderbilt University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vanderbilt University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 38.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #706 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vanderbilt University against Goertek Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.8/100 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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