Where does THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio ranks #23,521 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 THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio hold?

THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio's Innovation Score?

THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio has an Innovation Score of 34.7 out of 100 (49th percentile 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 Junio focus on?

THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 7 patents, ranking #3,032 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Junio's patents?

THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio's patents average 14.8 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio

Q: How is the THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio 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 - 12 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #23,521 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 15 technology areas.

#23,521
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.7/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23521 · US Corporation #23,521 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,521/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Technolas Perfect…
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Technolas Perfect Vision GMBH (±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 34.7 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 8.9 pts (26%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 13.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (26%)

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What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 34.7/100 (49th percentile 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 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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 Junio is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 58.3% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, THE sits between Technolas Perfect Vision GMBH and THE Methodist Hospital System.

THE's three-year grant acceleration

THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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 THE holds 12 patents at rank #23,500, 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 #23,500 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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)

35 49th percentile higher than 49% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	7	58.3%
2017	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2020	2	16.7%
2023	1	8.3%

Which technologies does THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

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

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 3

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 2

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

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 1

C12Y - Enzymes 1

C07K - Peptides 1

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 1

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 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

Top 15 of 15 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 Junio's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 58.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #23,521 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio against Technolas Perfect Vision GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.7/100 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

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.