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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois ranks #453 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 Illinois hold?

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois holds 1,004 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 235 technology areas.

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

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois has an Innovation Score of 65.9 out of 100 (top 1% 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 University of Illinois focus on?

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 217 patents. Grants appear in 235 CPC subclasses total.

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

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois's recent grant velocity is -10% 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 University of Illinois's patents?

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois's patents average 19.1 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 Illinois

Q: How is the The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 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 - 1,004 granted patents across 235 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 #453 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,004 patents across 235 technology areas.

#453
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.9/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -10%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R453 · US Corporation #453 · 1,004 grants

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

GRANTS-LARGE 1.0K grants
TOP-DECILE #453/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National Technology…
CPC-BROAD A61K · 235 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -10% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alibaba Group Holding · near

66
Fisher-rosemount… · near

66
The Board of… · this assignee

66
Suzhou Metabrain… · near

66
ColdQuanta · near

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 65.9/100 (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.

How The's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois received 441 grants versus 490 in 2015–2019 (-10% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 104 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 79. Lead class A61K accounts for 21.6% of the portfolio across 235 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Allstate Insurance Company (#449) and AGC Inc. (#457).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois moved from 298 to 247 grants (0.83x 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 #1,720. See the growth leaderboard.

Allstate Insurance

1,012
Nicira

1,011
Toyoda Gosei

1,008
National Technolo…

1,004
The Board of Trus… ◀

1,004
Nidec

999
GE Precision Heal…

994
Beijing BOE Techn…

991
AGC

988

What this shows The holds 1,004 patents at rank #453, 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 #453 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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

Suzhou Metabrain Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. 66 Alibaba Group Holding Limited 66 Fisher-rosemount Systems, Inc. 66 ColdQuanta, Inc. 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc. 19.1 avg Cepheid 19.1 avg Biomet 3i, LLC 19.1 avg Dialog Semiconductor B.V. 19.1 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 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 University of Illinois patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	98	9.8%
2016	99	9.9%
2017	94	9.4%
2018	95	9.5%
2019	104	10.4%
2020	93	9.3%
2021	101	10.1%
2022	82	8.2%
2023	86	8.6%
2024	79	7.9%
2025partial year	73	7.3%

Which technologies does The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 217

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 185

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 154

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 102

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 97

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 86

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 79

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 67

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 67

C07K - Peptides 65

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 58

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 57

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 57

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 53

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 41

Top 15 of 235 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#453

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

65.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 21.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #453 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois against Allstate Insurance Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.9/100 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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