Where does Nantero, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nantero, Inc. ranks #4,477 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 Nantero, Inc. hold?

Nantero, Inc. holds 79 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Nantero, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nantero, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.3 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nantero, Inc. focus on?

Nantero, Inc.'s top technology area is G11C (Static Stores) with 57 patents. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nantero, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nantero, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -39% 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 Nantero, Inc.'s patents?

Nantero, Inc.'s patents average 22.0 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 Nantero, Inc. 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

Nantero, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 79 granted patents across 31 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G11C (Static Stores).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nantero ranks #4,477 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 79 patents across 31 technology areas.

#4,477
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.3/100): 22.0
avg claims per patent: -39%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4477 · US Corporation #4,477 · 79 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 79 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,477/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nikola
CPC-FOCUS G11C · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -39% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nikola 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
A123 Systems · near

50
Nantero · this assignee

50
RefleXion Medical · near

50
Samsung Heavy IND · near

50
SSenStone · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nantero's Innovation Score is 50.3/100 (top 13% 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.

Where Nantero's grants concentrate

Nantero, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 72.2% of grants classified under G11C (Static Stores). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (13 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Nantero sits between Nikola Corporation and SK Siltron Co., Ltd..

Nantero's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nantero, Inc. moved from 32 to 11 grants (0.34x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Nikola

79
Ninebot (Beijing)…

79
Nippon Mektron

79
Nissha

79
Powermat

79
Ruprecht - Karls…

79
Ranpak

79
SK Siltron

79
Nantero ◀

79

What this shows Nantero holds 79 patents at rank #4,482, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nantero

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,482 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G11C (Static Stores)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Nantero's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nantero, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

A123 Systems LLC 50 RefleXion Medical, Inc. 50 Samsung Heavy IND. Co., Ltd. 50 SSenStone Inc. 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.0 here).

Graphcore Limited 22.0 avg Avalara, Inc. 22.0 avg Handylab, Inc. 22.0 avg Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. 22.0 avg

Nantero's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nantero, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	6.3%
2016	11	13.9%
2017	11	13.9%
2018	9	11.4%
2019	13	16.5%
2020	11	13.9%
2021	8	10.1%
2022	5	6.3%
2023	2	2.5%
2024	4	5.1%

Which technologies does Nantero, Inc. patent most?

G11C - Static Stores 57

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 44

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 37

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 31

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 27

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 23

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 22

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 15

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 10

H03K - Pulse Technique 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 7

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 2

Top 15 of 31 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,477

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

50.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Nantero, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nantero, Inc.'s lead technology class is G11C (Static Stores), 72.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G11C
Ranked #4,477 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nantero, Inc. against Nikola Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.3/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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