Where does Corporation for National Research Initiatives rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Corporation for National Research Initiatives ranks #12,392 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 Corporation for National Research Initiatives hold?

Corporation for National Research Initiatives holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Corporation for National Research Initiatives's Innovation Score?

Corporation for National Research Initiatives has an Innovation Score of 47.8 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Corporation for National Research Initiatives focus on?

Corporation for National Research Initiatives's top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 10 patents, ranking #952 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Corporation for National Research Initiatives's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Corporation for National Research Initiatives's recent grant velocity is -9% 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 Corporation for National Research Initiatives's patents?

Corporation for National Research Initiatives's patents average 43.3 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Corporation for National Research Initiatives

Q: How is the Corporation for National Research Initiatives 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 - 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Corporation ranks #12,392 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 18 technology areas.

#12,392
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.8/100): 43.3
avg claims per patent: -9%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

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

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
UPPER-Q #12,392/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Changzhou AAC…
CPC-FOCUS H01L · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 43.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -9% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

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.

How Corporation’s 47.8 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 11.1 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (14%) Breadth 15.0 pts (31%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (31%)

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What this shows Corporation's Innovation Score is 47.8/100 (top 18% 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 Corporation?

Each dot is one of Corporation’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). Corporation’s own 43.3 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.

Corporation vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Corporation's grants concentrate

Corporation for National Research Initiatives is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 41.7% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Corporation sits between Changzhou AAC Raytech Optronics Co., Ltd. and Cyral Inc..

Corporation's three-year grant acceleration

Corporation for National Research Initiatives shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

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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.

Companies ranked near Corporation

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,396 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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 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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Corporation for National Research Initiatives patent grants by year, 2015–2025
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%

Which technologies does Corporation for National Research Initiatives patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 10

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 7

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 6

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 6

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 5

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 3

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 3

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 2

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 2

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 2

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 1

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Corporation for National Research Initiatives's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Corporation for National Research Initiatives's lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 41.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #12,392 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Corporation for National Research Initiatives against Changzhou AAC Raytech Optronics Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.8/100 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

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