Where does The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama ranks #2,353 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 University of Alabama hold?

The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama holds 167 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 125 technology areas.

What is The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama's Innovation Score?

The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama has an Innovation Score of 60.2 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama's recent grant velocity is +38% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama's patents?

The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama's patents average 17.1 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 University of Alabama

Q: What technology areas does The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama focus on?

The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 17 patents, ranking #810 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 125 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama 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 - 167 granted patents across 125 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #2,353 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 167 patents across 125 technology areas.

#2,353
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.2/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: +38%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2353 · US Corporation #2,353 · 167 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 167 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,353/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Rakuten Mobile
CPC-WIDE Y02E · 125 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +38% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rakuten Mobile, 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 60.2 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 17.7 pts (29%) Velocity 7.3 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Marvell World Trade · near

60
Lotte Chemical · near

60
Sekisui Chemical · near

60
TGW Logistics · near

60
The Board of… · this assignee

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 60.2/100 (top 3% 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 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 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 University of Alabama received 91 grants versus 66 in 2015–2019 (+38% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 22 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 7. Lead class Y02E accounts for 10.2% of the portfolio across 125 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Rakuten Mobile, Inc. (#2,349) and Concept Laser, GmbH (#2,357).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama moved from 53 to 58 grants (1.09x 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 #969. See the growth leaderboard.

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167
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167
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167
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166
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166

What this shows The holds 167 patents at rank #2,353, 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 #2,353 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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 Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), The ranks #810 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Lotte Chemical Corporation 60 Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. 60 TGW Logistics GmbH 60 Marvell World Trade Ltd. 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.1 here).

Valeo Vision 17.1 avg Minerva Surgical, Inc. 17.1 avg UNL Holdings LLC 17.1 avg Integrity Implants Inc. 17.1 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 University of Alabama patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	4.2%
2016	11	6.6%
2017	14	8.4%
2018	14	8.4%
2019	20	12.0%
2020	11	6.6%
2021	22	13.2%
2022	22	13.2%
2023	19	11.4%
2024	17	10.2%
2025partial year	10	6.0%

Which technologies does The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 17

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 16

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 15

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 14

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 13

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 13

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 12

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 11

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 11

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 11

B01D - Separation 9

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 7

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 7

Top 15 of 125 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 University of Alabama's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 10.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #2,353 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama against Rakuten Mobile, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.2/100 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.

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

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