Univ Southern California patents

Univ Southern California holds 1,716 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents1,716
Recent patents452
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 2, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is stable.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
2015139
2016162
2017127
2018142
2019171
2020179
2021130
2022155
2023163
2024163
2025146
202639
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015139
2016162
2017127
2018142
2019171
2020179
2021130
2022155
2023163
2024163
2025146
202639

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
A61P35/00154
A61K45/06102
H10K50/1194
C09K11/0691
H10K2101/1080

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Univ Southern California have in patentsdb?
Univ Southern California is linked to 1,716 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Univ Southern California patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Human Necessities (800); Chemistry & Metallurgy (718); Physics (657).
Is Univ Southern California's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 163 in 2024 and 146 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Univ Southern California?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.