NC Innovation
UNC System Patent Intelligence
NC InnovationCross-University IP Intelligence
A consolidated view of patent portfolios across the four UNC System universities served by NC Innovation, with auto-generated market reports for every technology.
4
Universities
2,847
Total Patents
12
Shared Research Themes
38
Multi-Univ Companies
The NC Innovation Network
Portfolio composition for each university we track.
UNC Chapel Hill
1,124total
NC State
956total
ECU
287total
UNC Charlotte
480total
Patent Issuance Velocity by University
Annual issued-patent counts per university. We chart issuances rather than filings because applications take 1-2 years to publish and grant — issuances are the most reliable recent signal.
- Granted patents per year, back to 2017
- Side-by-side comparison across all four universities
- Avoids the 18-month publication delay built into filing data
Issuance Velocity by University
Issued patents per year- UNC-CH
- NC State
- ECU
- UNCC
Shared Research Themes
6 themes · 2+ orgsBiotechnology & Therapeutics
Materials Science
Medical Devices
Energy & Sustainability
Computing & AI
Agriculture & Food
Where the UNC System Converges
Patents are grouped by their primary CPC classification, then mapped to high-level technology themes. Bars show how each university contributes to themes shared by two or more institutions.
Companies Citing NC University Patents
Companies pulled from forward-citation data. Bubble size shows total citation volume across the four UNC System universities.
Most Frequent Citing Companies
Top 10Bubble size = total citations · Y-axis = number of NC universities cited (1-4) · Purple = multi-university.
Top 10 by citation volume
Companies Citing Multiple NC Universities
These commercial entities have cited patents owned by two or more UNC System universities — a strong signal of cross-institutional licensing or co-development potential.
- Sourced from USPTO forward citations
- Universities, foundations, and individuals filtered out
- Ranked by breadth of UNC System exposure
Companies Citing Multiple NC Universities
Johnson & Johnson
Pfizer Inc.
BASF Corporation
3M Innovative Properties
Merck & Co.
Which Law Firms Are NC Universities Using?
Outside-counsel relationships pulled from USPTO correspondence records. The stacked bars show how each firm's prosecution work breaks down across the four UNC System universities.
- Real correspondence records from each application
- Identifies firms shared across multiple universities
- Useful for benchmarking vendor consolidation
Law Firms Used by NC Universities
Olive Law Group
Myers Bigel, P.A.
Coats & Bennett, PLLC
Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Funding That Rewards the Full UNC System
Federal programs that explicitly favor multi-institution applications, paired with the shared research themes detected across the UNC System portfolios.
Joint Funding Opportunities
NIH
Biotechnology & Therapeutics
NSF
Materials Science
DOE
Energy & Sustainability
DARPA
Computing & AI
What Our Market Reports Actually Look Like
Two exhibits from a real PatentDash report generated for a UNC Charlotte patent (US 10,079,039 — Multi-Modal Collaborative Web-Based Video Annotation System). Every figure is tied to a published source listed in the report appendix.
Exhibit 3 · Market Sizing Cascade
From total market to realistic capture — staged filters
Each step strips out buyers we can't reach, address, or close in the relevant time horizon.
What each stage covers
Video Collaboration & Annotation Software (Global)
Vendors with timeline + multi-user comment UX
Top 60 vendors with infringement-readable products
5-yr realistic licensing royalty pool
First-wave settlements + paid licenses
What gets filtered out at each step
EdTech, L&D, sports, medical, creator tools
Frame.io, Loom, Vidyard, Hudl, Coursera, Panopto…
Assumed 1-3% blended royalty, 35% win-rate
3-5 lead negotiations, mostly upfront fees
Exhibit 4 · Where the SAM Lives
5 buyer segments identified
Segments ranked by addressable revenue for this technology.
EdTech & Online Learning
Coursera, edX, Panopto, Echo360 — heaviest UX overlap.
$1.1B
SAM Share
Corporate L&D / Async Video
Loom, Vidyard, Bigtincan — core comment-on-video flows.
$0.9B
SAM Share
Sports & Coaching
Hudl, Veo, Catapult — segment-marking is central feature.
$0.5B
SAM Share
Medical / Surgical Training
C-SATS, Theator — high willingness-to-pay, regulated buyers.
$0.3B
SAM Share
Creator / Post-Production
Frame.io, Wipster — segment-comment UX broadly deployed.
$0.3B
SAM Share
Source-Backed Analysis
Full reports include 8-12 exhibits — executive summary, market sizing, segments, competitive landscape, geo-evidence, licensing paths, next steps, and sources.
Pipelines & Go-to-Market for Every Technology
For each promising patent across the UNC System, PatentDash auto-generates a consultant-grade market report — complete with adoption pipelines, named buyers, and a tailored go-to-market plan.
TAM / SAM / SOM
Adoption Pipeline
Go-to-Market Strategy
Named Buyer Lists
Pricing & Deal Models
Competitive Landscape
Targeted CAR-T Cell Therapy
TAM
$18.4B
Commercialization Pipeline
Go-to-Market Strategy
- License to Big Pharma oncology divisions (J&J, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck)
- Spin-out with Series A from RTP-area life-science VCs
- Co-development with FDA-fast-tracked rare-disease partners
Top Citing Buyers
High-Performance Composite Polymers
TAM
$6.2B
Commercialization Pipeline
Go-to-Market Strategy
- Materials licensing to aerospace & EV battery manufacturers
- Joint development with Tier-1 automotive suppliers
- DOE / DOD applied-research grant pipeline
Top Citing Buyers
Edge-AI Sensor Fusion Platform
TAM
$11.7B
Commercialization Pipeline
Go-to-Market Strategy
- SaaS licensing model to industrial IoT integrators
- Defense & smart-city pilot programs
- Acquisition target for hyperscaler edge platforms
Top Citing Buyers