Overall rank by patents
#12,392
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 18 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: H01L (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Corporation ranks #12,392 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 18 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R12392 · US Corporation #12,392 · 24 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Changzhou AAC Raytech Optronics Co., Ltd. (±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
For National Researc… · this assignee
48 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Corporation For National Research Initiatives stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-DENSE, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-FLAT, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #12,392 of 50,000; Innovation Score 47.8/100 sits in the top 18% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Changzhou AAC Raytech Optronics Co., Ltd. (±0 grants).
Corporation For National Research Initiatives has been granted 24 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Corporation For National Research Initiatives at #12,392 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 18 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 43.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in H01L (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10). As a US Corporation, Corporation For National Research Initiatives is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Corporation sits between Changzhou AAC Raytech Optronics Co., Ltd. (24 patents, rank #12,392) and Cyral Inc. (24 patents, rank #12,400) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 47.8/100 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 10 grants, compared with 11 in the 2015–2019 window, a -9% 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. Corporation For National Research Initiatives's 43.3 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 18 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 ◀
Changzhou AAC Raytech Optronics Co., Ltd.
24 patents
Classic Auto Air Manufacturing LP
24 patents
Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC
24 patents
CorTec GmbH
24 patents
Coviden LP
24 patents
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc.
24 patents
Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc.
24 patents
Cyral Inc.
24 patents
Corporation for National Research Initiatives
24 patents
What this shows Corporation holds 24 patents at rank #12,396, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #12,396 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Corporation's primary technology class.
Corporation's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
48 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | 16.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 4.2% |
| 2017 | 4 | 16.7% |
| 2019 | 2 | 8.3% |
| 2021 | 4 | 16.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 4.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 4.2% |
| 2024 | 4 | 16.7% |
| 2025partial year | 3 | 12.5% |
Top 15 of 18 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#12,392
of 50,000 tracked assignees
47.8 out of 100
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.