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Arizona Board of Regents acting for and on behalf Northern Arizona University

Q: Where does Arizona Board of Regents acting for and on behalf Northern Arizona University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Arizona Board of Regents acting for and on behalf Northern Arizona University ranks #11,548 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the Arizona Board of Regents acting for and on behalf Northern Arizona University patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 42 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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According to USPTO PatentsView, Arizona ranks #11,548 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 42 technology areas.

#11,548
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (47.0/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11548 · US Corporation #11,548 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,548/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ares
CPC-WIDE G06F · 42 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ares Technologies, Inc. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Arizona’s 47.0 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 11.4 pts (24%) Velocity 2.2 pts (5%) Breadth 22.9 pts (49%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arizona Board of… · this assignee

47
Blue Evolution · near

47
D2L · near

47
Inrix · near

47
Kosmek · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Arizona's Innovation Score is 47.0/100 (top 20% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Arizona?

Each dot is one of Arizona’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Arizona’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Arizona vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Arizona's grants concentrate

Arizona Board of Regents acting for and on behalf Northern Arizona University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 23.1% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Arizona sits between Ares Technologies, Inc. and Astrapi Corporation.

Arizona's three-year grant acceleration

Arizona Board of Regents acting for and on behalf Northern Arizona University shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Ares

26
Areva NC

26
Ariat Internation…

26
Arisdyne Systems

26
Armis Security

26
Arog Pharmaceutic…

26
Ashley Diana Blac…

26
Astrapi

26
Arizona Board of… ◀

26

What this shows Arizona holds 26 patents at rank #11,558, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Arizona

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,558 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Arizona's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Arizona, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Arizona ranks #5,405 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Blue Evolution Inc. 47 Inrix Inc. 47 Kosmek Ltd. 47 D2L Corporation 47

Arizona's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Arizona Board of Regents acting for and on behalf Northern Arizona University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	7.7%
2016	1	3.8%
2017	1	3.8%
2018	6	23.1%
2019	6	23.1%
2020	2	7.7%
2021	1	3.8%
2023	1	3.8%
2024	2	7.7%
2025partial year	4	15.4%

Which technologies does Arizona Board of Regents acting for and on behalf Northern Arizona University patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 5

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 4

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 3

G09C - Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 3

F16H - Gearing 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G11C - Static Stores 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 2

H04B - Transmission 2

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 15 of 42 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Arizona Board of Regents acting for and on behalf Northern Arizona University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Arizona Board of Regents acting for and on behalf Northern Arizona University's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 23.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #11,548 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Arizona Board of Regents acting for and on behalf Northern Arizona University against Ares Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.0/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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