Overall rank by patents
#13,066
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 57 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: B64U (UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #13,066 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 57 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R13066 · Foreign Corporation #13,066 · 23 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanostring Technologies, Inc. (±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
National Formosa Uni… · this assignee
49 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows National Formosa University stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-WIDE, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #13,066 of 50,000; Innovation Score 49.4/100 sits in the top 15% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Nanostring Technologies, Inc. (±0 grants).
National Formosa University has been granted 23 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing National Formosa University at #13,066 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 57 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 11.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in B64U (UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR). As a Foreign Corporation, National Formosa University is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, National sits between Ningbo Careline Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. (23 patents, rank #13,069) and Neptune Medical Inc. (23 patents, rank #13,077) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 49.4/100 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 15 grants, compared with 6 in the 2015–2019 window, a +150% 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 Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. National Formosa University's 11.2 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 57 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 ◀
NINGBO CARELINE ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD.
23 patents
NIXON, INC.
23 patents
NOKIAN RENKAAT OYJ
23 patents
NanoString Technologies, Inc.
23 patents
Natural Fiber Welding, Inc.
23 patents
Nautibuoy Marine Limited
23 patents
Neodrón Limited
23 patents
Neptune Medical Inc.
23 patents
National Formosa University
23 patents
What this shows National holds 23 patents at rank #13,073, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #13,073 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in National's primary technology class.
National's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
49 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 | 2 | 8.7% |
| 2016 | 3 | 13.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | 4.3% |
| 2020 | 3 | 13.0% |
| 2021 | 4 | 17.4% |
| 2022 | 5 | 21.7% |
| 2023 | 2 | 8.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 4.3% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 8.7% |
Top 15 of 57 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#13,066
of 50,000 tracked assignees
49.4 out of 100
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