Where does Wayne State University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wayne State University ranks #1,637 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 Wayne State University hold?

Wayne State University holds 252 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 116 technology areas.

What is Wayne State University's Innovation Score?

Wayne State University has an Innovation Score of 59.0 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%).

Is Wayne State University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wayne State University's recent grant velocity is -1% 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 Wayne State University's patents?

Wayne State University's patents average 15.9 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 Wayne State 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

Wayne State University

Q: What technology areas does Wayne State University focus on?

Wayne State University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 94 patents. Grants appear in 116 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 252 granted patents across 116 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, Wayne ranks #1,637 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 252 patents across 116 technology areas.

#1,637
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.0/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -1%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1637 · US Corporation #1,637 · 252 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 252 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,637/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Garrett Transportati…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 116 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -1% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Garrett Transportation I 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Continental… · near

59
Knorr-bremse… · near

59
Nanjing University… · near

59
Wayne State University · this assignee

59
University of… · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wayne's Innovation Score is 59.0/100 (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.

How Wayne's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Wayne State University received 118 grants versus 119 in 2015–2019 (-1% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 33 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 15. Lead class A61K accounts for 37.3% of the portfolio across 116 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Garrett Transportation I Inc. (#1,633) and Guardian Glass, LLC (#1,641).

Wayne's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Wayne State University moved from 81 to 65 grants (0.80x 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 #1,840. See the growth leaderboard.

Garrett Transport…

252
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252
Topgolf Callaway…

252
Verint Systems

252
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252
Citizen

251
Datalogic IP Tech…

251
GD Midea Air-cond…

251
Guardian Glass

251

What this shows Wayne holds 252 patents at rank #1,637, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wayne

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,637 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Nanjing University OF Science AND Technology 59 Continental Automotive Systems Inc. 59 Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH 59 University of Cincinnati 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.9 here).

GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited 15.9 avg Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag 15.9 avg Feitian Technologies Co., Ltd. 15.9 avg Krones AG 15.9 avg

Wayne's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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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Wayne State University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	28	11.1%
2016	19	7.5%
2017	29	11.5%
2018	15	6.0%
2019	28	11.1%
2020	33	13.1%
2021	20	7.9%
2022	27	10.7%
2023	16	6.3%
2024	22	8.7%
2025partial year	15	6.0%

Which technologies does Wayne State University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 94

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 58

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 49

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 39

C07K - Peptides 31

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 24

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

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 20

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 18

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 18

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 13

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 12

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 10

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 9

Top 15 of 116 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,637

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

59.0 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

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

Wayne State University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 37.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #1,637 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wayne State University against Garrett Transportation I Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.0/100 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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