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The J. David Gladstone Institute, a testamentary trust established under the Will of J. David Gladstone

Q: Where does The J. David Gladstone Institute, a testamentary trust established under the Will of J. David Gladstone rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The J. David Gladstone Institute, a testamentary trust established under the Will of J. David Gladstone ranks #14,995 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the The J. David Gladstone Institute, a testamentary trust established under the Will of J. David Gladstone 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 - 20 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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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According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #14,995 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 11 technology areas.

#14,995
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.2/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: +180%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

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Corpus R14995 · US Corporation #14,995 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,995/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The American…
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +180% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The American University in Cairo (±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 44.2 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 10.5 pts (24%) Velocity 13.3 pts (30%) Breadth 11.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (20%)

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 44.2/100 (top 26% 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 14.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 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 J. David Gladstone Institute, a testamentary trust established under the Will of J. David Gladstone is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, The sits between The American University in Cairo and Thync Global, Inc..

The's three-year grant acceleration

The J. David Gladstone Institute, a testamentary trust established under the Will of J. David Gladstone shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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 20 patents at rank #15,000, 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 #15,000 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)

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

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 J. David Gladstone Institute, a testamentary trust established under the Will of J. David Gladstone patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	5.0%
2018	3	15.0%
2019	1	5.0%
2020	3	15.0%
2021	1	5.0%
2022	2	10.0%
2023	4	20.0%
2024	4	20.0%
2025partial year	1	5.0%

Which technologies does The J. David Gladstone Institute, a testamentary trust established under the Will of J. David Gladstone patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 16

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 14

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 9

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 3

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 2

C12Y - Enzymes 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

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

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

Top 11 of 11 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 J. David Gladstone Institute, a testamentary trust established under the Will of J. David Gladstone's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The J. David Gladstone Institute, a testamentary trust established under the Will of J. David Gladstone's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #14,995 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The J. David Gladstone Institute, a testamentary trust established under the Will of J. David Gladstone against The American University in Cairo, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.2/100 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

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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

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