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National Institutes OF Health (nih), U.s. DEPT. OF Health AND Human Services (dhhs), U.s. Government

Q: Where does National Institutes OF Health (nih), U.s. DEPT. OF Health AND Human Services (dhhs), U.s. Government rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), National Institutes OF Health (nih), U.s. DEPT. OF Health AND Human Services (dhhs), U.s. Government ranks #20,130 of 50,000 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 Institutes OF Health (nih), U.s. DEPT. OF Health AND Human Services (dhhs), U.s. Government 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 - 14 granted patents across 22 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: A61K (PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #20,130 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 22 technology areas.

#20,130
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (55.9/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20130 · US Federal Government #20,130 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USGOV · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,130/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH NANTONG T-SUN NEW EN…
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USGOV US Federal Gov
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nantong T-SUN NEW Energy Co., Ltd. (±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
National Institutes… · this assignee

56
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows National Institutes OF Health (nih), U.s. DEPT. OF Health AND Human Services (dhhs), U.s. Government stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-USGOV, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #20,130 of 50,000; Innovation Score 55.9/100 sits in the top 6% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Nantong T-SUN NEW Energy Co., Ltd. (±0 grants).

Portfolio overview

National Institutes OF Health (nih), U.s. DEPT. OF Health AND Human Services (dhhs), U.s. Government has been granted 14 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing National Institutes OF Health (nih), U.s. DEPT. OF Health AND Human Services (dhhs), U.s. Government at #20,130 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 22 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 16.6 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61K (PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES). As a US Federal Government, National Institutes OF Health (nih), U.s. DEPT. OF Health AND Human Services (dhhs), U.s. Government is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, National sits between Nantong T-SUN NEW Energy Co., Ltd. (14 patents, rank #20,119) and Netzsch Trockenmahltechnik Gmbh (14 patents, rank #20,127) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 55.9/100 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 9 grants, compared with 3 in the 2015–2019 window, a +200% 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 US Federal Government classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. National Institutes OF Health (nih), U.s. DEPT. OF Health AND Human Services (dhhs), U.s. Government's 16.6 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 22 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

Nantong T-sun NEW…

14
Nantong Textile &…

14
Nantong YA TAI Ca…

14
National Center F…

14
NCAN Genomics

14
NEO Medical

14
Neste OIL OYJ

14
Netzsch Trockenma…

14
National Institut… ◀

14

What this shows National holds 14 patents at rank #20,123, 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 #20,123 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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)

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 50,000 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

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 Institutes OF Health (nih), U.s. DEPT. OF Health AND Human Services (dhhs), U.s. Government patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.1%
2016	2	14.3%
2021	2	14.3%
2023	3	21.4%
2024	4	28.6%
2025partial year	2	14.3%

Which technologies does National Institutes OF Health (nih), U.s. DEPT. OF Health AND Human Services (dhhs), U.s. Government patent most?

A61K - PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES 8

C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA 6

A61P - SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS 5

C12Q - MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS ; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES 3

C07K - PEPTIDES 3

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 2

C12Y - ENZYMES 2

G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES 1

B01L - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE 1

B03C - MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS 1

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY 1

A61L - METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES 1

C08F - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H 1

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; DERIVATIVES THEREOF 1

Top 15 of 22 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#20,130

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

55.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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

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