Where does Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois ranks #6,316 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 Illinois hold?

Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois holds 53 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 63 technology areas.

What is Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois's Innovation Score?

Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois has an Innovation Score of 52.4 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%).

What technology areas does Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois focus on?

Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 16 patents, ranking #1,413 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 63 CPC subclasses total.

Is Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois's recent grant velocity is +4% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois's patents?

Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois's patents average 16.3 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 Illinois

Q: How is the Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois 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 - 53 granted patents across 63 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Board ranks #6,316 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 53 patents across 63 technology areas.

#6,316
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.4/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: +4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6316 · US Corporation #6,316 · 53 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 53 grants
UPPER-Q #6,316/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ambrx
CPC-WIDE A61K · 63 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ambrx, 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.

How Board’s 52.4 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 13.8 pts (26%) Velocity 3.8 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Biofire Defense · near

52
National University… · near

52
Board OF Trustees… · this assignee

52
Nuvasive Specialized… · near

52
Rittal & KG · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Board's Innovation Score is 52.4/100 (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 16.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 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.

How Board's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois received 27 grants versus 26 in 2015–2019 (+4% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 8 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 1. Lead class A61K accounts for 30.2% of the portfolio across 63 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Ambrx, Inc. (#6,308) and Beta Bionics, Inc. (#6,316).

Board's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois moved from 21 to 12 grants (0.57x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Ambrx

53
BD Kiestra B V

53
Bloomy Lotus

53
Board OF Regents…

53
Bonza Botanicals…

53
Beijing BOE Chata…

53
Bemis Manufacturi…

53
Beta Bionics

53
Board OF Trustees… ◀

53

What this shows Board holds 53 patents at rank #6,312, 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 #6,312 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 #1,413 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. 52 Rittal GMBH & Co. KG 52 National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University 52 Biofire Defense, LLC 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.3 here).

MD Elektronik GMBH 16.3 avg Cameron Health, Inc. 16.3 avg LM WP Patent Holding A/S 16.3 avg ITT Manufacturing Enterprises LLC 16.3 avg

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 · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	11.3%
2016	3	5.7%
2017	4	7.5%
2018	7	13.2%
2019	6	11.3%
2020	8	15.1%
2021	7	13.2%
2022	7	13.2%
2023	4	7.5%
2024	1	1.9%

Which technologies does Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 16

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 10

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 10

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

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 4

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 4

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 4

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 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

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 4

H04B - Transmission 4

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 3

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 3

Top 15 of 63 technology areas

More on this record

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 Illinois's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 30.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #6,316 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois against Ambrx, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.4/100 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

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