Where does The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University ranks #11,832 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

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

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University's recent grant velocity is -21% 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 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University's patents?

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University's patents average 18.8 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.

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The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University

Q: How is the The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. 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 - 26 granted patents across 23 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: Y10S (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #11,832 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 23 technology areas.

#11,832
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.8/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: -21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11832 · US Corporation #11,832 · 26 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,832/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taiyuan University…
CPC-FOCUS Y10S · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taiyuan University of Science and Technology (±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 43.8 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 11.4 pts (26%) Velocity 4.2 pts (10%) Breadth 17.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dongguan Huihuan… · near

44
Siltectra · near

44
The Board of… · this assignee

44
Xiamen Hongfa… · near

44
Seerstone · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 43.8/100 (top 27% 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 18.8 claims/patent is at or below the 18.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under Y10S (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, The sits between TYR Tactical, LLC and Touch Bionics Limited.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

TYR Tactical

26
Taiyuan Universit…

26
Takazono Technolo…

26
Telescent

26
The Government of…

26
The Prudential In…

26
Torrey Pines Logic

26
Touch Bionics

26
The Board of Trus… ◀

26

What this shows The holds 26 patents at rank #11,843, 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 #11,843 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y10S (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in The's primary technology 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 Y10S (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference…), The ranks #95 of 2,006 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Xiamen Hongfa Electric Power Controls Co., Ltd. 44 Dongguan Huihuan Lighting Co., Ltd 44 Siltectra GmbH 44 Seerstone, LLC 44

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% 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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The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	23.1%
2016	2	7.7%
2017	2	7.7%
2018	2	7.7%
2019	2	7.7%
2020	5	19.2%
2021	1	3.8%
2023	3	11.5%
2024	2	7.7%
2025partial year	1	3.8%

Which technologies does The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University patent most?

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 13

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 12

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 7

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 3

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

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

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 2

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

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

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

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 2

Top 15 of 23 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

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

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University's lead technology class is Y10S (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y10S
Ranked #11,832 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University against TYR Tactical, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.8/100 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

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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

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