Where does The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York ranks #415 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 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York's recent grant velocity is -21% 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 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York's patents?

The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York's patents average 17.9 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 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

Q: How is the The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York 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 - 1,086 granted patents across 193 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 #415 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,086 patents across 193 technology areas.

#415
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.3/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: -21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R415 · US Corporation #415 · 1,086 grants

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

GRANTS-LARGE 1.1K grants
TOP-DECILE #415/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH University of South…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 193 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: University of South Florida (±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 65.3 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 24.2 pts (37%) Velocity 5.5 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (16%)

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The Trustees of… · this assignee

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Imagination · near

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 65.3/100 (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.

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 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.5 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 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York received 455 grants versus 575 in 2015–2019 (-21% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 125 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 75. Lead class A61K accounts for 26.7% of the portfolio across 193 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (#411) and Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG (#419).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York moved from 310 to 254 grants (0.82x 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 #1,775. See the growth leaderboard.

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1,081
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1,078

What this shows The holds 1,086 patents at rank #415, 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 #415 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). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), The ranks #51 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Tata Consultancy Services Limited 65 Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH 65 Imagination Technologies Limited 65 Beijing Research Institute OF Chemical Industry, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.9 here).

Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC 17.9 avg Dell Products L.P. 17.9 avg Xintec Inc. 17.9 avg The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte 17.9 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 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 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	125	11.5%
2016	125	11.5%
2017	103	9.5%
2018	113	10.4%
2019	109	10.0%
2020	111	10.2%
2021	90	8.3%
2022	80	7.4%
2023	75	6.9%
2024	99	9.1%
2025partial year	56	5.2%

Which technologies does The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 290

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 214

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 174

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 140

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 134

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 134

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 112

C07K - Peptides 105

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 96

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 94

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 56

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 50

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 50

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 46

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 38

Top 15 of 193 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 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 26.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #415 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York against Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.3/100 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

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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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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