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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University ranks #172 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 Junior University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University's recent grant velocity is -12% 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 Junior University's patents?

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University's patents average 16.7 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.

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The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

Q: How is the The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior 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 - 2,275 granted patents across 245 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #172 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,275 patents across 245 technology areas.

#172
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.2/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R172 · US Corporation #172 · 2,275 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 2.3K grants
TOP-DECILE #172/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hyundai Mobis
CPC-BROAD A61K · 245 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. (±4 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 67.2 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 26.7 pts (40%) Velocity 5.5 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mediatek · near

67
Polytec · near

67
Edwards Lifesciences · near

67
The Board of… · this assignee

67
Viasat · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 67.2/100 (top 1% 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 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 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.

How The's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University received 995 grants versus 1,137 in 2015–2019 (-12% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 248 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 180. Lead class A61K accounts for 30.8% of the portfolio across 245 subclasses. Volume neighbours: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (#168) and Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (#176).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University moved from 677 to 554 grants (0.82x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,780. See the growth leaderboard.

State Farm Mutual…

2,305
Alibaba Group Hol…

2,299
NTT Docomo

2,283
Hyundai Mobis

2,279
The Board of Trus… ◀

2,275
LG Energy Solution

2,270
Depuy Synthes Pro…

2,257
Becton Dickinson…

2,235
Sumitomo Rubber I…

2,232

What this shows The holds 2,275 patents at rank #172, 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 #172 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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 A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), The ranks #9 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation 67 Viasat, Inc. 67 Mediatek Inc. 67 Polytec GmbH 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.7 here).

Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company 16.7 avg Solar Turbines Incorporated 16.7 avg Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. 16.7 avg Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. 16.7 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% 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.

View data table

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	203	8.9%
2016	240	10.5%
2017	223	9.8%
2018	235	10.3%
2019	236	10.4%
2020	248	10.9%
2021	193	8.5%
2022	180	7.9%
2023	187	8.2%
2024	187	8.2%
2025partial year	143	6.3%

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

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 701

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 485

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 443

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 442

C07K - Peptides 400

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 352

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 266

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 236

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 120

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 115

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 110

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 109

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 103

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 96

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 96

Top 15 of 245 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 Junior University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 30.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #172 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.2/100 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.

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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

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

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