Where does Wichita State University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wichita State University ranks #6,729 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 Wichita State University hold?

Wichita State University holds 50 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 67 technology areas.

What is Wichita State University's Innovation Score?

Wichita State University has an Innovation Score of 55.3 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 Wichita State University focus on?

Wichita State University's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 8 patents, ranking #4,318 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 67 CPC subclasses total.

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

Wichita State University's recent grant velocity is +37% 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 Wichita State University's patents?

Wichita State University's patents average 18.2 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 Wichita 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

Wichita State University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 50 granted patents across 67 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wichita ranks #6,729 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 50 patents across 67 technology areas.

#6,729
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.3/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: +37%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6729 · US Corporation #6,729 · 50 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 50 grants
UPPER-Q #6,729/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH inMusic Brands
CPC-WIDE G06F · 67 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +37% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: inMusic Brands, 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 Wichita’s 55.3 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 13.6 pts (25%) Velocity 5.8 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ABB Technology · near

55
Intrado · near

55
Ratier-figeac SAS · near

55
Vast Data · near

55
Wichita State… · this assignee

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wichita's Innovation Score is 55.3/100 (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 Wichita?

Each dot is one of Wichita’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). Wichita’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Wichita's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Wichita State University received 26 grants versus 19 in 2015–2019 (+37% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 9 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1. Lead class G06F accounts for 16% of the portfolio across 67 subclasses. Volume neighbours: W.C. Bradley Co. (#6,723) and 4D Pharma Research Limited (#6,731).

Wichita's three-year grant acceleration

Wichita State University shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

W C Bradley

50
Withings

50
Wenzhou University

50
Weyerhaeuser NR

50
inmusic Brands

50
medmix Switzerland

50
varmour Networks

50
Wichita State Uni… ◀

50
4D Pharma Research

49

What this shows Wichita holds 50 patents at rank #6,727, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wichita

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,727 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Wichita, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Wichita ranks #4,318 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Intrado Corporation 55 Vast Data Ltd. 55 Ratier-figeac SAS 55 ABB Technology AG 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.2 here).

MCI (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V. 18.2 avg Bedrock Automation Platforms Inc. 18.2 avg Voss Automotive GmbH 18.2 avg Young Lighting Technology Inc. 18.2 avg

Wichita's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 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

Wichita State University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.0%
2016	3	6.0%
2017	6	12.0%
2018	5	10.0%
2019	4	8.0%
2020	9	18.0%
2021	3	6.0%
2022	4	8.0%
2023	5	10.0%
2024	5	10.0%
2025partial year	5	10.0%

Which technologies does Wichita State University patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

H04B - Transmission 5

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 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

F03D - Wind Motors 4

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 4

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 4

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

C07K - Peptides 3

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 3

Top 15 of 67 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

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

Wichita State University's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 16% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #6,729 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wichita State University against W.C. Bradley Co., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.3/100 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.