Overall rank by patents
#333
of 49,997 tracked assignees
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).
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.
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
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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Centre National DE… · near
67 score
Arizona Board OF… · this assignee
67 score
Shenzhen Shokz · near
67 score
Zhejiang LAB · near
67 score
Collins Engine Nozzles · near
67 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
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.
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).
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.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
1,310 patents
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
1,309 patents
Komatsu Ltd.
1,303 patents
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
1,301 patents
Arizona Board OF Regents FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State University
1,298 patents
Life Technologies Corporation
1,296 patents
Yamaha Corporation
1,296 patents
Google Technology Holdings LLC
1,294 patents
Makita Corporation
1,292 patents
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.
By rank, the assignees closest to #333 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Arizona's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Arizona, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.6 here).
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
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| 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% |
Top 15 of 257 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#333
of 49,997 tracked assignees
67.1 out of 100
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.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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