Where does Wake Forest University Health Sciences rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wake Forest University Health Sciences ranks #1,773 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 Wake Forest University Health Sciences hold?

Wake Forest University Health Sciences holds 230 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 56 technology areas.

What is Wake Forest University Health Sciences's Innovation Score?

Wake Forest University Health Sciences has an Innovation Score of 59.9 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Wake Forest University Health Sciences focus on?

Wake Forest University Health Sciences's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 115 patents, ranking #160 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 56 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wake Forest University Health Sciences's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wake Forest University Health Sciences's recent grant velocity is -39% 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 Wake Forest University Health Sciences's patents?

Wake Forest University Health Sciences's patents average 18.9 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 Wake Forest University Health Sciences 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

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 230 granted patents across 56 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, Wake ranks #1,773 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 230 patents across 56 technology areas.

#1,773
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.9/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: -39%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1773 · US Corporation #1,773 · 230 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 230 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,773/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kolon Industries
CPC-WIDE A61K · 56 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -39% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kolon Industries, 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 Wake’s 59.9 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 18.8 pts (31%) Velocity 4.7 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lite-on Technology · near

60
Procore · near

60
Prysmian S p A · near

60
Wake Forest… · this assignee

60
Voyetra Turtle Beach · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wake's Innovation Score is 59.9/100 (top 4% 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 Wake?

Each dot is one of Wake’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). Wake’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Wake's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Wake Forest University Health Sciences received 83 grants versus 137 in 2015–2019 (-39% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 32 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 12. Lead class A61K accounts for 50% of the portfolio across 56 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Kolon Industries, Inc. (#1,770) and Global Graphene Group, Inc. (#1,778).

Wake's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Wake Forest University Health Sciences moved from 62 to 44 grants (0.71x 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 #2,119. See the growth leaderboard.

Kolon Industries

230
Total Research &…

230
Tianjin University

230
Washington State…

230
Wake Forest Unive… ◀

230
ABB Research

229
British American…

229
Dai-ichi Seiko

229
Global Graphene G…

229

What this shows Wake holds 230 patents at rank #1,774, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wake

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,774 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Wake, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Wake ranks #160 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Prysmian S.p.A. 60 Lite-on Technology Corporation 60 Procore Technologies, Inc. 60 Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.9 here).

TE Connectivity Services GMBH 18.9 avg Crown Equipment Corporation 18.9 avg Beta AIR LLC 18.9 avg Ambarella, Inc. 18.9 avg

Wake's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Wake Forest University Health Sciences patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	32	13.9%
2016	25	10.9%
2017	28	12.2%
2018	29	12.6%
2019	23	10.0%
2020	18	7.8%
2021	21	9.1%
2022	13	5.7%
2023	19	8.3%
2024	12	5.2%
2025partial year	10	4.3%

Which technologies does Wake Forest University Health Sciences patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 115

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 79

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 64

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 61

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

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 40

C07K - Peptides 35

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 35

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 24

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 16

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 16

C12Y - Enzymes 14

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 14

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 11

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 10

Top 15 of 56 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

Wake Forest University Health Sciences's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wake Forest University Health Sciences's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #1,773 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wake Forest University Health Sciences against Kolon Industries, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.9/100 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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