Where does Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University ranks #9,205 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University's recent grant velocity is -12% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University's patents?

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University's patents average 16.4 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

Q: How many patents does Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University hold?

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

Q: What is Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University's Innovation Score?

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University has an Innovation Score of 51.4 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: How is the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior 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 - 34 granted patents across 38 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Board ranks #9,205 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 38 technology areas.

#9,205
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.4/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9205 · US Corporation #9,205 · 34 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,205/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Biolinq Incorporated
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 38 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Biolinq Incorporated (±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 Board’s 51.4 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 12.3 pts (24%) Velocity 7.4 pts (14%) Breadth 21.8 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Board of Trustees… · this assignee

51
Inventec Appliances · near

51
National University… · near

51
Universidade DE… · near

51
Nanocomp · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Board's Innovation Score is 51.4/100 (top 11% 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 Board?

Each dot is one of Board’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). Board’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Board's grants concentrate

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 26.5% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Board sits between BioTheryX, Inc. and Brightcove Inc..

Board's three-year grant acceleration

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University shows 10 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.

Biotheryx

34
Biolinq Incorpora…

34
Blue-white Indust…

34
Bluescope Steel

34
Boomi

34
Bostongene

34
Bourgault Industr…

34
Brightcove

34
Board of Trustees… ◀

34

What this shows Board holds 34 patents at rank #9,206, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Board

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,206 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Board, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Board ranks #2,395 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

National University of Ireland, Galway 51 Inventec Appliances Corp. 51 Universidade DE Coimbra 51 Nanocomp Technologies Inc. 51

Board's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 11% higher than 89% 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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Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	11.8%
2016	5	14.7%
2017	3	8.8%
2018	1	2.9%
2019	4	11.8%
2020	3	8.8%
2021	2	5.9%
2022	1	2.9%
2023	4	11.8%
2024	5	14.7%
2025partial year	2	5.9%

Which technologies does Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 9

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 5

C07K - Peptides 4

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 4

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 4

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

Top 15 of 38 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

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 26.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #9,205 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University against BioTheryX, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.4/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.