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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Florida International University Board of Trustees ranks #876 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 Florida International University Board of Trustees's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Florida International University Board of Trustees's recent grant velocity is +54% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

The Florida International University Board of Trustees's patents average 15.9 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 Florida International University Board of Trustees

Q: How many patents does The Florida International University Board of Trustees hold?

The Florida International University Board of Trustees holds 517 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 179 technology areas.

Q: What is The Florida International University Board of Trustees's Innovation Score?

The Florida International University Board of Trustees has an Innovation Score of 62.3 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

The Florida International University Board of Trustees's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 96 patents. Grants appear in 179 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the The Florida International University Board of Trustees 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 - 517 granted patents across 179 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #876 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 517 patents across 179 technology areas.

#876
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.3/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: +54%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R876 · US Corporation #876 · 517 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 517 grants
TOP-DECILE #876/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Daicel
CPC-WIDE G01N · 179 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +54% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Daicel Corporation (±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
Nitto Denko · near

62
8 Rivers Capital · near

62
DSM IP Assets B V · near

62
The Florida… · this assignee

62
Doosan Bobcat North… · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 62.3/100 (top 2% 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 Florida International University Board of Trustees received 291 grants versus 189 in 2015–2019 (+54% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 66 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 4. Lead class G01N accounts for 18.6% of the portfolio across 179 subclasses. Volume neighbours: PepsiCo, Inc. (#872) and Oticon A/S (#880).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The Florida International University Board of Trustees moved from 182 to 170 grants (0.93x 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 #1,377. See the growth leaderboard.

Pepsico

518
Tesla

518
Daicel

517
Graco Minnesota

517
Xi'an Zhongxing N…

517
The Florida Inter… ◀

517
Dish Network L L C

516
Graphic Packaging…

516
Oticon A/S

516

What this shows The holds 517 patents at rank #876, 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 #876 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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 (62 here).

DSM IP Assets B.V. 62 8 Rivers Capital, LLC 62 Doosan Bobcat North America, Inc. 62 Nitto Denko Corporation 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.9 here).

Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd. 15.9 avg Parallel Wireless, Inc. 15.9 avg Cirque Corporation 15.9 avg Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. 15.9 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 Florida International University Board of Trustees patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	0.8%
2016	16	3.1%
2017	42	8.1%
2018	66	12.8%
2019	61	11.8%
2020	59	11.4%
2021	62	12.0%
2022	60	11.6%
2023	55	10.6%
2024	55	10.6%
2025partial year	37	7.2%

Which technologies does The Florida International University Board of Trustees patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 96

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 61

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 58

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 57

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 45

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 42

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 34

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 34

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 29

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 25

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 25

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 23

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 22

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 22

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 21

Top 15 of 179 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#876

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

62.3 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 Florida International University Board of Trustees's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Florida International University Board of Trustees's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 18.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #876 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Florida International University Board of Trustees against PepsiCo, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.3/100 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

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