Univ Cape Town patents

Univ Cape Town holds 146 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents146
Recent patents30
First publicationJan 29, 2015
Latest publicationFeb 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
20158
20169
201711
201820
201916
202017
202119
202212
202311
202414
20258
20261
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
20158
20169
201711
201820
201916
202017
202119
202212
202311
202414
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
C12N15/825814
Y02E60/5012
A61P35/0012
H01M2008/109510
A61K45/069

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 Cape Town have in patentsdb?
Univ Cape Town is linked to 146 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Univ Cape Town patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Human Necessities (77); Chemistry & Metallurgy (64); Physics (44).
Is Univ Cape Town's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 14 in 2024 and 8 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Univ Cape Town?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.