Overall rank by patents
#2,950
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 129 granted patents across 103 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Nano ranks #2,950 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 129 patents across 103 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R2950 · Foreign Corporation #2,950 · 129 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: First Data Corporation (±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
Primetals Austria · near
57 score
Karl Storz SE & KG · near
57 score
Nano and Advanced… · this assignee
57 score
The PNC Financial… · near
57 score
Toyobo · near
57 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Nano's Innovation Score is 57.5/100 (top 5% 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.
Between 2020–2024, Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited received 56 grants versus 66 in 2015–2019 (-15% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 18 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 7. Lead class Y02E accounts for 17.8% of the portfolio across 103 subclasses. Volume neighbours: First Data Corporation (#2,946) and University OF Southampton (#2,954).
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited moved from 34 to 35 grants (1.03x 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 #1,110. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
First Data Corporation
129 patents
Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
129 patents
Line Plus Corporation
129 patents
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
129 patents
Omega SA
129 patents
Omnissa, LLC
129 patents
Swagelok Company
129 patents
University OF Southampton
129 patents
Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
129 patents
What this shows Nano holds 129 patents at rank #2,950, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #2,950 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Nano's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nano, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.7 here).
Nano's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
57 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
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 | 14 | 10.9% |
| 2016 | 10 | 7.8% |
| 2017 | 18 | 14.0% |
| 2018 | 11 | 8.5% |
| 2019 | 13 | 10.1% |
| 2020 | 9 | 7.0% |
| 2021 | 12 | 9.3% |
| 2022 | 11 | 8.5% |
| 2023 | 17 | 13.2% |
| 2024 | 7 | 5.4% |
| 2025partial year | 7 | 5.4% |
Top 15 of 103 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#2,950
of 49,997 tracked assignees
57.5 out of 100
What to do with this data
Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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.