Where does National Applied Research Laboratories rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), National Applied Research Laboratories ranks #2,504 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 National Applied Research Laboratories hold?

National Applied Research Laboratories holds 156 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 96 technology areas.

What is National Applied Research Laboratories's Innovation Score?

National Applied Research Laboratories has an Innovation Score of 53.6 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does National Applied Research Laboratories focus on?

National Applied Research Laboratories's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 22 patents. Grants appear in 96 CPC subclasses total.

Is National Applied Research Laboratories's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

National Applied Research Laboratories's recent grant velocity is -42% 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 National Applied Research Laboratories's patents?

National Applied Research Laboratories's patents average 12.0 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 National Applied Research Laboratories 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 Foreign Corporation

National Applied Research Laboratories

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 156 granted patents across 96 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #2,504 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 156 patents across 96 technology areas.

#2,504
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.6/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: -42%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2504 · Foreign Corporation #2,504 · 156 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 156 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,504/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dignity Health
CPC-WIDE G02B · 96 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -42% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dignity Health (±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
Freeport Minerals · near

54
MerchSource · near

54
Miba Gleitlager… · near

54
National Applied… · this assignee

54
Personalis · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows National's Innovation Score is 53.6/100 (top 9% 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.

How National's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, National Applied Research Laboratories received 56 grants versus 96 in 2015–2019 (-42% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 24 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 6. Lead class G02B accounts for 14.1% of the portfolio across 96 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Dignity Health (#2,501) and Access Business Group International LLC (#2,509).

National's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, National Applied Research Laboratories moved from 45 to 27 grants (0.60x 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 #2,445. See the growth leaderboard.

Dignity Health

156
Khalifa Universit…

156
MS

156
National Chung Ch…

156
Streamlight

156
Visera

156
Zhejiang Jinko So…

156
National Applied… ◀

156
Access Business G…

155

What this shows National holds 156 patents at rank #2,505, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near National

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,505 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

MerchSource, LLC 54 Freeport Minerals Corporation 54 Miba Gleitlager Austria GmbH 54 Personalis, Inc. 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.0 here).

Hitachi Medical Corporation 12.0 avg National Tsing HUA University 12.0 avg Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. 12.0 avg Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin 12.0 avg

National's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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National Applied Research Laboratories patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	21	13.5%
2016	24	15.4%
2017	20	12.8%
2018	15	9.6%
2019	16	10.3%
2020	14	9.0%
2021	15	9.6%
2022	14	9.0%
2023	7	4.5%
2024	6	3.8%
2025partial year	4	2.6%

Which technologies does National Applied Research Laboratories patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 22

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 16

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 16

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 12

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 10

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 10

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 9

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 9

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 8

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 8

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 8

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 7

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

Top 15 of 96 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,504

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

53.6 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

National Applied Research Laboratories's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

National Applied Research Laboratories's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 14.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #2,504 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare National Applied Research Laboratories against Dignity Health, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.6/100 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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