USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Jr. University

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).

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

18.8

Avg claims per patent

-21%

5-year grant velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #11,832 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 23 technology areas.

#11,832
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.8/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: -21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Jr. University has been granted 26 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Jr. University at #11,832 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 23 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 18.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in Y10S (TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS). As a US Corporation, The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Jr. University is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, The sits between TYR Tactical, Llc (26 patents, rank #11,839) and Touch Bionics Limited (26 patents, rank #11,847) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 43.8/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 11 grants, compared with 14 in the 2015–2019 window, a -21% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Jr. University's 18.8 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 23 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

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.

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 50,000 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

Grant record at a glance

Portfolio Volume 26 grants

CPC subclasses 23

Avg. claims / grant 18.8

Velocity -21%

Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#11,832

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

43.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

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 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Jr. University hold?

The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Jr. University holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Jr. University's Innovation Score?

The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Jr. University has an Innovation Score of 43.8 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Jr. University focus on?

The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Jr. University's top technology area is Y10S (TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS) with 13 patents. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

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.

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.

How to use this portfolio

The's 26 grants land it in the top 27% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - The ranks #11,832 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in Y10S - see who else leads that technology area. Y10S leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

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Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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