Where does Virginia Commonwealth University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Virginia Commonwealth University ranks #1,979 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 Virginia Commonwealth University hold?

Virginia Commonwealth University holds 203 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 98 technology areas.

What is Virginia Commonwealth University's Innovation Score?

Virginia Commonwealth University has an Innovation Score of 55.8 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Virginia Commonwealth University focus on?

Virginia Commonwealth University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 90 patents, ranking #216 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 98 CPC subclasses total.

Is Virginia Commonwealth University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Virginia Commonwealth University's recent grant velocity is -17% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University's patents?

Virginia Commonwealth University's patents average 13.8 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 Virginia Commonwealth 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 Assignee

Virginia Commonwealth University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 203 granted patents across 98 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, Virginia ranks #1,979 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 203 patents across 98 technology areas.

#1,979
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.8/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1979 · Assignee #1,979 · 203 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-UNK · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 203 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,979/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Carbon
CPC-WIDE A61K · 98 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-UNK Type blank
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Carbon, 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.

How Virginia’s 55.8 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 18.4 pts (33%) Velocity 4.1 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Breville Pty · near

56
Hefei Midea… · near

56
LOS Alamos National… · near

56
Moxtek · near

56
Virginia Commonwealt… · this assignee

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Virginia's Innovation Score is 55.8/100 (top 7% 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 Virginia?

Each dot is one of Virginia’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). Virginia’s own 13.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Virginia's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Virginia Commonwealth University received 86 grants versus 104 in 2015–2019 (-17% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 26 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 11. Lead class A61K accounts for 44.3% of the portfolio across 98 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Carbon, Inc. (#1,975) and Hongfujin Precision Industry (WUHAN) Co., Ltd. (#1,983).

Virginia's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Virginia Commonwealth University moved from 65 to 40 grants (0.61x 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 #2,409. See the growth leaderboard.

Carbon

203
Doskocil Manufact…

203
Tridonic & KG

203
University of Not…

203
Virginia Commonwe… ◀

203
BP North America

202
Cubic

202
Gavrieli Brands

202
Hongfujin Precisi…

202

What this shows Virginia holds 203 patents at rank #1,979, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Virginia

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,979 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Virginia, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Virginia ranks #216 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

LOS Alamos National Security, LLC 56 Breville Pty Limited 56 Moxtek, Inc. 56 Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co., Ltd. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.8 here).

Midea Group Co., Ltd. 13.8 avg Delta Electronics, Inc. 13.8 avg M. Technique Co., Ltd. 13.8 avg Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. 13.8 avg

Virginia's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 7% higher than 93% 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.

View data table

Virginia Commonwealth University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	5.4%
2016	25	12.3%
2017	23	11.3%
2018	26	12.8%
2019	19	9.4%
2020	26	12.8%
2021	20	9.9%
2022	17	8.4%
2023	11	5.4%
2024	12	5.9%
2025partial year	13	6.4%

Which technologies does Virginia Commonwealth University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 90

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 79

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 40

C07K - Peptides 37

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 36

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 23

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 19

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 17

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 15

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 14

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 13

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 12

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 10

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 9

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 8

Top 15 of 98 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Virginia Commonwealth University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 44.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #1,979 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Virginia Commonwealth University against Carbon, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.8/100 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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