Where does Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama ranks #12,845 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama hold?

Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 49 technology areas.

What is Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama's Innovation Score?

Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama has an Innovation Score of 52.2 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama's recent grant velocity is -56% 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 University of Alabama's patents?

Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama's patents average 19.2 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 University of Alabama

Q: What technology areas does Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama focus on?

Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama's top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 4 patents, ranking #951 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 49 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama 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 - 23 granted patents across 49 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Board ranks #12,845 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 49 technology areas.

#12,845
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.2/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12845 · US Corporation #12,845 · 23 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,845/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bitmovin
CPC-WIDE B01J · 49 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bitmovin GmbH (±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 52.2 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 11.0 pts (21%) Velocity 5.0 pts (10%) Breadth 24.7 pts (47%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Board of Trustees… · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Board's Innovation Score is 52.2/100 (top 10% 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 19.2 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.

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 University of Alabama is a focused PatentsView assignee: 49 CPC subclasses with 17.4% of grants classified under B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Board sits between Bitmovin GmbH and Burcon NutraScience (MB) Corp..

Board's three-year grant acceleration

Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Bitmovin

23
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23
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23
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23
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23
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23
Board of Trustees… ◀

23

What this shows Board holds 23 patents at rank #12,848, 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 #12,848 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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

Board's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

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 University of Alabama patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	13.0%
2016	5	21.7%
2017	5	21.7%
2018	3	13.0%
2020	1	4.3%
2021	3	13.0%
2022	1	4.3%
2023	2	8.7%

Which technologies does Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 4

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

G01W - Meteorology 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 2

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 1

Top 15 of 49 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 University of Alabama's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama's lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 17.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #12,845 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama against Bitmovin GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.2/100 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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