Where does Vrije Universiteit Brussel rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vrije Universiteit Brussel ranks #2,981 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 Vrije Universiteit Brussel hold?

Vrije Universiteit Brussel holds 128 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 64 technology areas.

What is Vrije Universiteit Brussel's Innovation Score?

Vrije Universiteit Brussel has an Innovation Score of 56.8 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Vrije Universiteit Brussel focus on?

Vrije Universiteit Brussel's top technology area is C07K (Peptides) with 50 patents, ranking #179 of 3,615 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 64 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vrije Universiteit Brussel's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vrije Universiteit Brussel's recent grant velocity is +5% 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 Vrije Universiteit Brussel's patents?

Vrije Universiteit Brussel's patents average 15.0 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 Vrije Universiteit Brussel 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

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 128 granted patents across 64 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: C07K (Peptides).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vrije ranks #2,981 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 128 patents across 64 technology areas.

#2,981
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.8/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: +5%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2981 · Foreign Corporation #2,981 · 128 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 128 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,981/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Resonant
CPC-WIDE C07K · 64 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +5% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Resonant 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 Vrije’s 56.8 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 16.8 pts (30%) Velocity 6.0 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nissha · near

57
Danieli & C… · near

57
Intellectual… · near

57
Joy Global Undergrou… · near

57
Vrije Universiteit… · this assignee

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vrije's Innovation Score is 56.8/100 (top 6% 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 Vrije?

Each dot is one of Vrije’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). Vrije’s own 15.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Vrije's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Vrije Universiteit Brussel received 59 grants versus 56 in 2015–2019 (+5% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 17 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 6. Lead class C07K accounts for 39.1% of the portfolio across 64 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Resonant Inc. (#2,976) and Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (#2,984).

Vrije's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Vrije Universiteit Brussel moved from 40 to 36 grants (0.90x 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 #1,475. See the growth leaderboard.

Resonant

128
Shanghai Bilibili…

128
TK Holdings

128
University OF Wyo…

128
simplehuman

128
Vrije Universitei… ◀

128
ABB Power Grids S…

127
Albea Services

127
Axsome Therapeuti…

127

What this shows Vrije holds 128 patents at rank #2,980, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vrije

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,980 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07K (Peptides)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vrije, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07K (Peptides), Vrije ranks #179 of 3,615 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Joy Global Underground Mining LLC 57 Intellectual Ventures II LLC 57 Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.P.A. 57 Nissha Co., Ltd. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.0 here).

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 15.0 avg Life Spine, Inc. 15.0 avg Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki 15.0 avg Atotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG 15.0 avg

Vrije's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Vrije Universiteit Brussel patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	7.0%
2016	6	4.7%
2017	9	7.0%
2018	15	11.7%
2019	17	13.3%
2020	11	8.6%
2021	12	9.4%
2022	11	8.6%
2023	9	7.0%
2024	16	12.5%
2025partial year	13	10.2%

Which technologies does Vrije Universiteit Brussel patent most?

C07K - Peptides 50

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 42

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 38

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 35

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 29

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 11

H04B - Transmission 8

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 7

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 7

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 4

Top 15 of 64 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

Vrije Universiteit Brussel's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vrije Universiteit Brussel's lead technology class is C07K (Peptides), 39.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07K
Ranked #2,981 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vrije Universiteit Brussel against Resonant Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.