Where does Yale University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Yale University ranks #656 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 Yale University hold?

Yale University holds 685 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 136 technology areas.

What is Yale University's Innovation Score?

Yale University has an Innovation Score of 63.9 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Yale University focus on?

Yale University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 379 patents. Grants appear in 136 CPC subclasses total.

Is Yale University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Yale University's recent grant velocity is +13% 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 Yale University's patents?

Yale University's patents average 17.8 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 Yale 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

Yale University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 685 granted patents across 136 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, Yale ranks #656 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 685 patents across 136 technology areas.

#656
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.9/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: +13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R656 · US Corporation #656 · 685 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 685 grants
TOP-DECILE #656/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GM Cruise Holdings
CPC-WIDE A61K · 136 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GM Cruise Holdings LLC (±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
King Abdullah… · near

64
Stmicroelectronics · near

64
Novartis · near

64
Yale University · this assignee

64
Target Brands · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Yale's Innovation Score is 63.9/100 (top 2% 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 Yale's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Yale University received 336 grants versus 297 in 2015–2019 (+13% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 75 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 35. Lead class A61K accounts for 55.3% of the portfolio across 136 subclasses. Volume neighbours: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (#652) and Topcon Corporation (#660).

Yale's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Yale University moved from 222 to 189 grants (0.85x 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 #1,659. See the growth leaderboard.

The Research Foun…

688
Evonik Degussa

686
GM Cruise Holdings

685
The Brigham and W…

685
Yale University ◀

685
Tianma Microelect…

684
Bayer Healthcare

681
M S L L C

681
Topcon

680

What this shows Yale holds 685 patents at rank #656, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Yale

By rank, the assignees closest to #656 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Novartis AG 64 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology 64 Stmicroelectronics, Inc. 64 Target Brands, Inc. 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.8 here).

Oticon A/S 17.8 avg Wal-mart Stores, Inc. 17.8 avg Hefei BOE Joint Technology Co., Ltd. 17.8 avg Festool GMBH 17.8 avg

Yale's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Yale University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	35	5.1%
2016	53	7.7%
2017	64	9.3%
2018	70	10.2%
2019	75	10.9%
2020	74	10.8%
2021	73	10.7%
2022	61	8.9%
2023	57	8.3%
2024	71	10.4%
2025partial year	52	7.6%

Which technologies does Yale University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 379

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 270

C07K - Peptides 169

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 156

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 120

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 91

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 82

C12Y - Enzymes 61

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 36

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 35

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 34

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 32

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 31

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 24

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 18

Top 15 of 136 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#656

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.9 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

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

Yale University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 55.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #656 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Yale University against The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.9/100 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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