Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst patents

Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst holds 142 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents142
Recent patents27
First publicationFeb 10, 2015
Latest publicationMar 12, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201511
201619
201712
201818
201914
20208
202114
202211
202316
202410
20258
20261
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
201511
201619
201712
201818
201914
20208
202114
202211
202316
202410
20258
20261

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
H04B13/0212
G01N33/188612
B63G8/00111
G01N33/1811
C12N1/129

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

Frequently asked questions

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

How many patents does Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst have in patentsdb?
Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst is linked to 142 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Physics (82); Cross-Sectional Technologies (41); Operations & Transport (40).
Is Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 10 in 2024 and 8 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.