Is Arizona Board OF Regents FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Arizona Board OF Regents FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State University's recent grant velocity is +111% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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Arizona Board OF Regents FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State University

Q: Where does Arizona Board OF Regents FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Arizona Board OF Regents FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State University ranks #333 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 FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State 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 - 1,298 granted patents across 257 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Arizona ranks #333 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,298 patents across 257 technology areas.

#333
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.1/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: +111%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R333 · US Corporation #333 · 1,298 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.3K grants
TOP-DECILE #333/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Life
CPC-BROAD G01N · 257 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +111% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Life Technologies Corporation (±2 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 67.1 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 24.8 pts (37%) Velocity 8.0 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Centre National DE… · near

67
Arizona Board OF… · this assignee

67
Shenzhen Shokz · near

67
Zhejiang LAB · near

67
Collins Engine Nozzles · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Arizona's Innovation Score is 67.1/100 (top 1% 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 15.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 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.

How Arizona's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Arizona Board OF Regents FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State University received 786 grants versus 372 in 2015–2019 (+111% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 178 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 28. Lead class G01N accounts for 18.9% of the portfolio across 257 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha (#329) and Makita Corporation (#337).

Arizona's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Arizona Board OF Regents FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State University moved from 415 to 500 grants (1.21x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #777. See the growth leaderboard.

Yamaha Hatsudoki

1,310
The Goodyear Tire…

1,309
Komatsu

1,303
Biosense Webster…

1,301
Arizona Board OF… ◀

1,298
Life

1,296
Yamaha

1,296
Google Technology…

1,294
Makita

1,292

What this shows Arizona holds 1,298 patents at rank #333, 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 #333 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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 G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Arizona ranks #41 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd. 67 Zhejiang LAB 67 Centre National DE LA Recherche Scientifique 67 Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc. 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.6 here).

Brunswick Corporation 15.6 avg Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. 15.6 avg Devicor Medical Products, Inc. 15.6 avg Alcon Research, Ltd. 15.6 avg

Arizona's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	28	2.2%
2016	34	2.6%
2017	63	4.9%
2018	118	9.1%
2019	129	9.9%
2020	134	10.3%
2021	152	11.7%
2022	155	11.9%
2023	167	12.9%
2024	178	13.7%
2025partial year	140	10.8%

Which technologies does Arizona Board OF Regents FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State University patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 245

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 148

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 142

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 135

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 132

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 112

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 104

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 101

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 100

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 93

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 93

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 82

C07K - Peptides 75

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 72

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 63

Top 15 of 257 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 FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Arizona Board OF Regents FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State University's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 18.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #333 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Arizona Board OF Regents FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State University against Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.1/100 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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