The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 94 granted patents across 67 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #3,864 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 94 patents across 67 technology areas.
- #3,864
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 6%
- by Innovation Score (56.9/100)
- 19.1
- avg claims per patent
- +7%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R3864 · US Corporation #3,864 · 94 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-SMALL 94 grants
- TOP-DECILE #3,864/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH SoundHound
- CPC-WIDE A61K · 67 areas
- INNOV-PAR 56.9/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-FLAT +7% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: SoundHound, 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 The’s 56.9 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around The
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Biomerieux · near
Biomerieux · near
57 score
- Cheng UEI Precision… · near
Cheng UEI Precision… · near
57 score
- Technological… · near
Technological… · near
57 score
- The Administrators… · this assignee
The Administrators… · this assignee
57 score
- Diodes Incorporated · near
Diodes Incorporated · near
57 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows The's Innovation Score is 56.9/100 (top 6% 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 The?
Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
How The's grant cadence moved
Between 2020–2024, The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund received 46 grants versus 43 in 2015–2019 (+7% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 16 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 4. Lead class A61K accounts for 43.6% of the portfolio across 67 subclasses. Volume neighbours: SoundHound, Inc. (#3,861) and Unity Semiconductor (#3,869).
The's three-year grant acceleration
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund moved from 34 to 24 grants (0.71x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.
Who files at The's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Soundhound
SoundHound, Inc.
94 patents
- Sportsmedia Techn…
SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation
94 patents
- Technische Univer…
Technische Universiteit Delft
94 patents
- Toyo Kohan
Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
94 patents
- The Feinstein Ins…
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
94 patents
- The Schepens Eye…
The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc.
94 patents
- The Trustees of t…
The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology
94 patents
- Unity Semiconduct…
Unity Semiconductor
94 patents
- The Administrator… ◀
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund
94 patents
What this shows The holds 94 patents at rank #3,865, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near The
By rank, the assignees closest to #3,865 in granted patent volume.
- SoundHound, Inc. #3,861 · 94 patents
- SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation #3,862 · 94 patents
- Technische Universiteit Delft #3,863 · 94 patents
- Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd. #3,864 · 94 patents
- The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research #3,866 · 94 patents
- The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc. #3,867 · 94 patents
- The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology #3,868 · 94 patents
- Unity Semiconductor #3,869 · 94 patents
Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in The's primary technology class.
- The Regents of the University of California 1,779 in class
- L'Oreal 1,250 in class
- Novartis AG 988 in class
- The Procter & Gamble Company 985 in class
- The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System 950 in class
- The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services 813 in class
- The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania 768 in class
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC 760 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), The ranks #545 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).
Similar claim depth
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).
The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
57 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 | 9.6% |
| 2016 | 6 | 6.4% |
| 2017 | 11 | 11.7% |
| 2018 | 5 | 5.3% |
| 2019 | 12 | 12.8% |
| 2020 | 6 | 6.4% |
| 2021 | 16 | 17.0% |
| 2022 | 13 | 13.8% |
| 2023 | 4 | 4.3% |
| 2024 | 7 | 7.4% |
| 2025partial year | 5 | 5.3% |
Which technologies does The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund patent most?
Top 15 of 67 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 43.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
- Ranked #3,864 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund against SoundHound, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 56.9/100 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.
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.