PATLY.AIFiled by year
The six largest filers, year by year
Applications by filing year, stacked by university. Click a name to hide or show it. The most recent years are still filling in.
Universities
Universities, side by side
1,769 universities and technology transfer offices with ten or more applications in the record, each named as one filer however the paperwork spelled it. Rank them on the figures every profile carries, see what each files year by year and in which technology, and which law firms they use. Tick up to four to compare them, or open one for its full record, its inventors and the start-ups tied to it.
Universities
1,769
with ten or more applications
Applications
271,847
42,926 still pending
Patents granted
167,804
allowed, of every year
Allowance rate
73%
−2 pts vs the USPTO all universities together
Rejections before allowance
1.5
level with the USPTO
Months to first action
19.3 mo
+0.7 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
27%
level with the USPTO
Had an interview
31%
level with the USPTO
Applications filed
How many each university filed, every year
The twenty-five largest filers. Darker cells are busier years; the last column is the whole record.
| University | ’12 | ’13 | ’14 | ’15 | ’16 | ’17 | ’18 | ’19 | ’20 | ’21 | ’22 | ’23 | ’24 | ’25 | All years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alder State University | 45 | 44 | 44 | 45 | 53 | 49 | 52 | 49 | 45 | 44 | 51 | 46 | 46 | 53 | 673 |
| Brookfield Institute of Technology | 34 | 26 | 34 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 34 | 27 | 412 |
| University of Carrow | 25 | 17 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 301 |
| Dunmore University | 10 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 209 |
| Eastlake Polytechnic | 12 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 190 |
| University of Farrow Valley | 14 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 160 |
| Glenhaven University | 7 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 152 |
| Harlow Institute of Technology | 5 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 130 |
| University of Iverness | 12 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 100 |
| Juniper State University | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 100 |
| Kestrel University | 9 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 114 |
| Larchmont College | 7 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 109 |
Allowance by filing year
How each university’s applications fared, by the year they were filed
Red is a low allowance rate, green a high one; faded cells rest on few decided applications. Recent years are still being decided.