Where does Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University ranks #13,329 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 Western Michigan University hold?

Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 51 technology areas.

What is Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University's Innovation Score?

Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University has an Innovation Score of 50.7 out of 100 (top 13% 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 Western Michigan University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University's recent grant velocity is +133% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University's patents?

Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University's patents average 17.7 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 Western Michigan University

Q: What technology areas does Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University focus on?

Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University's top technology area is G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure) with 3 patents, ranking #319 of 1,293 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 51 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Board of Trustees of Western Michigan 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 - 22 granted patents across 51 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Board ranks #13,329 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 51 technology areas.

#13,329
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.7/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: +133%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13329 · US Corporation #13,329 · 22 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,329/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Best Apps
CPC-WIDE G01L · 51 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +133% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Best Apps, LLC (±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 50.7 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 10.8 pts (21%) Velocity 4.2 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (49%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Board of Trustees… · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Board's Innovation Score is 50.7/100 (top 13% 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 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 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 Western Michigan University received 14 grants versus 6 in 2015–2019 (+133% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 5 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 2. Lead class G01L accounts for 13.6% of the portfolio across 51 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Best Apps, LLC (#13,329) and Bravo Sports (#13,337).

Board's three-year grant acceleration

Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

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What this shows Board holds 22 patents at rank #13,333, 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 #13,333 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01L (Measuring Force)

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)

51 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	9.1%
2019	4	18.2%
2020	5	22.7%
2021	2	9.1%
2022	3	13.6%
2023	2	9.1%
2024	2	9.1%
2025partial year	2	9.1%

Which technologies does Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University patent most?

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 3

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

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

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

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 1

Top 15 of 51 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 Western Michigan University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University's lead technology class is G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure), 13.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01L
Ranked #13,329 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University against Best Apps, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.7/100 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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