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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Trustees OF Princeton University ranks #955 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 Princeton University hold?

THE Trustees OF Princeton University holds 463 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 176 technology areas.

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

THE Trustees OF Princeton University 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%).

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

THE Trustees OF Princeton University's recent grant velocity is +18% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for THE Trustees OF Princeton University's patents?

THE Trustees OF Princeton University's patents average 19.0 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 Princeton 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 Princeton University

Q: What technology areas does THE Trustees OF Princeton University focus on?

THE Trustees OF Princeton University's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 91 patents, ranking #156 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 176 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 463 granted patents across 176 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #955 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 463 patents across 176 technology areas.

#955
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.3/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: +18%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R955 · US Corporation #955 · 463 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 463 grants
TOP-DECILE #955/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Netflix
CPC-WIDE G01N · 176 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +18% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Netflix, 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.

How THE’s 62.3 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 21.2 pts (34%) Velocity 4.7 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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A Raymond ET CIE · near

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Brose Fahrzeugteile… · near

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Trane International · near

62
Yokogawa Electric · near

62
THE Trustees OF… · this assignee

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

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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.

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 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 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 Princeton University received 236 grants versus 200 in 2015–2019 (+18% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 60 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 33. Lead class G01N accounts for 19.7% of the portfolio across 176 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Syngenta Crop Protection AG (#951) and Cellco Partnership (#959).

THE's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, THE Trustees OF Princeton University moved from 165 to 117 grants (0.71x 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 #2,122. See the growth leaderboard.

Syngenta Crop Pro…

465
National Universi…

464
Rohm and Haas Mat…

464
Netflix

463
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463
CNH Industrial Ca…

462
Himax

462
Riken

461
Cellco Partnership

459

What this shows THE holds 463 patents at rank #955, 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 #955 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). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), THE ranks #156 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Trane International Inc. 62 Yokogawa Electric Corporation 62 A. Raymond ET CIE 62 Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.0 here).

Optum Services (Ireland) Limited 19.0 avg Laboratory Corporation OF America Holdings 19.0 avg RED.COM, LLC 19.0 avg The Strategic Coach Inc. 19.0 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 Trustees OF Princeton University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	45	9.7%
2016	33	7.1%
2017	33	7.1%
2018	43	9.3%
2019	46	9.9%
2020	60	13.0%
2021	59	12.7%
2022	34	7.3%
2023	44	9.5%
2024	39	8.4%
2025partial year	27	5.8%

Which technologies does THE Trustees OF Princeton University patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 91

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 78

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 62

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 59

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 50

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 46

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 43

C07K - Peptides 35

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 32

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 30

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 29

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 26

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 24

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 24

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 22

Top 15 of 176 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 Princeton University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE Trustees OF Princeton University's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 19.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #955 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE Trustees OF Princeton University against Syngenta Crop Protection AG, 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

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