Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill patents

Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill holds 1,348 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents1,348
Recent patents379
First publicationApr 16, 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
20151
201654
2017138
2018126
2019146
2020137
2021167
2022144
2023118
2024138
2025144
202635
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
20151
201654
2017138
2018126
2019146
2020137
2021167
2022144
2023118
2024138
2025144
202635

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
A61P35/00206
C12N15/86176
C12N2750/14143151
C07K14/005119
A61K45/0699

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 North Carolina Chapel Hill have in patentsdb?
Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill is linked to 1,348 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Chemistry & Metallurgy (901); Human Necessities (848); Physics (424).
Is Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 138 in 2024 and 144 in 2025 (higher year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.