Overall rank by patents
#16,442
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 34 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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: C07D (HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #16,442 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 34 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R16442 · US Corporation #16,442 · 18 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: The Bradbury Co., 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
The Regents Of The U… · this assignee
43 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows The Regents Of The University Of Colorado, A Body stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DOWN, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #16,442 of 50,000; Innovation Score 42.6/100 sits in the top 30% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is The Bradbury Co., Inc. (±0 grants).
The Regents Of The University Of Colorado, A Body has been granted 18 US utility patents between 2017 and 2022, placing The Regents Of The University Of Colorado, A Body at #16,442 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 34 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 18.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in C07D (HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS). As a US Corporation, The Regents Of The University Of Colorado, A Body is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, The sits between The Bradbury Co., Inc. (18 patents, rank #16,448) and Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. (18 patents, rank #16,456) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 42.6/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 8 grants, compared with 10 in the 2015–2019 window, a -20% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. The Regents Of The University Of Colorado, A Body's 18.7 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 34 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
The Bradbury Co., Inc.
18 patents
The C.W. Zumbiel Company
18 patents
The Intellectual Gorilla GmbH
18 patents
The Population Council, Inc.
18 patents
Third Pole, Inc.
18 patents
TixTrack, Inc.
18 patents
Tomra Sorting GmbH
18 patents
Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc.
18 patents
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body
18 patents
What this shows The holds 18 patents at rank #16,452, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #16,452 in granted patent volume.
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)
43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 11.1% |
| 2018 | 3 | 16.7% |
| 2019 | 5 | 27.8% |
| 2020 | 6 | 33.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 5.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 5.6% |
Top 15 of 34 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#16,442
of 50,000 tracked assignees
42.6 out of 100
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