Overall rank by patents
#3,723
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 97 granted patents across 27 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Arizona ranks #3,723 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 97 patents across 27 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R3723 · US Corporation #3,723 · 97 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Aetna 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Arizona Board of… · this assignee
55 score
Atlas Copco… · near
55 score
GE Energy Power… · near
55 score
Prestone Products · near
55 score
Xiamen ECO Lighting · near
55 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Arizona's Innovation Score is 55.0/100 (top 7% 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.
Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Northern Arizona University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 51.5% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (24 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Arizona sits between Tohoku Pioneer Corporation and Creo Medical Limited.
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Northern Arizona University moved from 29 to 49 grants (1.69x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
98 patents
Valmet AB
98 patents
West Affum Holdings DAC
98 patents
Aetna Inc.
97 patents
Arlo Technologies, Inc.
97 patents
Bulgari S.P.A.
97 patents
Berlin Packaging, LLC
97 patents
Creo Medical Limited
97 patents
Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Northern Arizona University
97 patents
What this shows Arizona holds 97 patents at rank #3,723, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #3,723 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 (55 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.9 here).
Arizona's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
55 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 | 1 | 1.0% |
| 2016 | 6 | 6.2% |
| 2018 | 6 | 6.2% |
| 2019 | 14 | 14.4% |
| 2020 | 7 | 7.2% |
| 2021 | 8 | 8.2% |
| 2022 | 24 | 24.7% |
| 2023 | 14 | 14.4% |
| 2024 | 11 | 11.3% |
| 2025partial year | 6 | 6.2% |
Top 15 of 27 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#3,723
of 49,997 tracked assignees
55.0 out of 100
What to do with this data
Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Northern Arizona 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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