Is National Institute OF Information AND Communications Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

National Institute OF Information AND Communications Technology's recent grant velocity is -20% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

National Institute OF Information AND Communications Technology

Q: Where does National Institute OF Information AND Communications Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), National Institute OF Information AND Communications Technology ranks #2,488 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the National Institute OF Information AND Communications Technology 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 - 157 granted patents across 60 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #2,488 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 157 patents across 60 technology areas.

#2,488
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.6/100): 8.8
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2488 · Foreign Corporation #2,488 · 157 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 157 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,488/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Icon Health & Fitness
CPC-WIDE G06F · 60 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Icon Health & Fitness, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kyoraku · near

52
AirWatch · near

52
D E Shaw Research · near

52
Institut Curie · near

52
National Institute… · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows National's Innovation Score is 51.6/100 (top 11% 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 Institute OF Information AND Communications Technology received 66 grants versus 83 in 2015–2019 (-20% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 19 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 9. Lead class G06F accounts for 24.8% of the portfolio across 60 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Icon Health & Fitness, Inc. (#2,484) and TiVo Solutions Inc. (#2,492).

National's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, National Institute OF Information AND Communications Technology moved from 54 to 31 grants (0.57x 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 #2,510. See the growth leaderboard.

Icon Health & Fit…

157
Inter Ikea System…

157
Israel Aerospace…

157
Lely Patent

157
Paragon 28

157
Snaptrack

157
Space Systems/Lor…

157
Tivo Solutions

157
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157

What this shows National holds 157 patents at rank #2,488, 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 #2,488 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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 (52 here).

Institut Curie 52 AirWatch LLC 52 D.E Shaw Research, LLC. 52 Kyoraku Co., Ltd. 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.8 here).

PFU Limited 8.8 avg Sun Patent Trust 8.8 avg Jahwa Electronics Co., Ltd. 8.8 avg Beihang University 8.8 avg

National's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 Institute OF Information AND Communications Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	8.3%
2016	17	10.8%
2017	16	10.2%
2018	18	11.5%
2019	19	12.1%
2020	18	11.5%
2021	17	10.8%
2022	12	7.6%
2023	9	5.7%
2024	10	6.4%
2025partial year	8	5.1%

Which technologies does National Institute OF Information AND Communications Technology patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 39

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 28

H04B - Transmission 27

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 26

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 23

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 20

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 17

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 16

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 14

H04J - Multiplex Communication 13

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 12

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 8

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 6

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 6

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 5

Top 15 of 60 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,488

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.6 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 Institute OF Information AND Communications Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

National Institute OF Information AND Communications Technology's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 24.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,488 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare National Institute OF Information AND Communications Technology against Icon Health & Fitness, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.6/100 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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