Where does THE Trustees OF Indiana University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Trustees OF Indiana University ranks #3,146 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 Trustees OF Indiana University hold?

THE Trustees OF Indiana University holds 120 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 79 technology areas.

What is THE Trustees OF Indiana University's Innovation Score?

THE Trustees OF Indiana University has an Innovation Score of 66.6 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 Trustees OF Indiana University focus on?

THE Trustees OF Indiana University's top technology area is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps) with 32 patents, ranking #78 of 1,076 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 79 CPC subclasses total.

Is THE Trustees OF Indiana University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE Trustees OF Indiana University's recent grant velocity is +2225% 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 Trustees OF Indiana University's patents?

THE Trustees OF Indiana University's patents average 17.3 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.

How is the THE Trustees OF Indiana University 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

THE Trustees OF Indiana University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 120 granted patents across 79 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #3,146 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 120 patents across 79 technology areas.

#3,146
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.6/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: +2225%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3146 · US Corporation #3,146 · 120 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 120 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,146/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Research Institute…
CPC-WIDE H01J · 79 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +2225% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec (±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 66.6 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 16.6 pts (25%) Velocity 14.7 pts (22%) Breadth 25.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (16%)

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What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 66.6/100 (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 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 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 Indiana University received 93 grants versus 4 in 2015–2019 (+2225% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 27 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 1. Lead class H01J accounts for 26.7% of the portfolio across 79 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec (#3,142) and Advanced Optoelectronic Technology, Inc. (#3,150).

THE's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, THE Trustees OF Indiana University moved from 30 to 66 grants (2.20x 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 #167. See the growth leaderboard.

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What this shows THE holds 120 patents at rank #3,146, 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 #3,146 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps)

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 H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), THE ranks #78 of 1,076 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation 67 Lodestar Licensing Group LLC 67 Gree Electric Appliances (WUHAN) Co., Ltd 67 University of Rhode Island Board of Trustees 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.3 here).

Unison Industries, LLC 17.3 avg National University of Ireland, Galway 17.3 avg Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd. 17.3 avg Rolls-Royce Corporation 17.3 avg

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 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 · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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THE Trustees OF Indiana University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	0.8%
2019	3	2.5%
2020	16	13.3%
2021	11	9.2%
2022	16	13.3%
2023	27	22.5%
2024	23	19.2%
2025partial year	23	19.2%

Which technologies does THE Trustees OF Indiana University patent most?

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 32

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 17

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 17

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 16

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 13

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 10

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 9

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 9

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 9

C07K - Peptides 8

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 8

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

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 5

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 5

Top 15 of 79 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 Indiana University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE Trustees OF Indiana University's lead technology class is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), 26.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01J
Ranked #3,146 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE Trustees OF Indiana University against Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.6/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.