Where does National Institutes OF Health (NIH) rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), National Institutes OF Health (NIH) ranks #24,850 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 Institutes OF Health (NIH) hold?

National Institutes OF Health (NIH) holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is National Institutes OF Health (NIH)'s Innovation Score?

National Institutes OF Health (NIH) has an Innovation Score of 36.8 out of 100 (top 45% 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 Institutes OF Health (NIH) focus on?

National Institutes OF Health (NIH)'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 8 patents, ranking #2,696 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is National Institutes OF Health (NIH)'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

National Institutes OF Health (NIH)'s recent grant velocity is -17% 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 Institutes OF Health (NIH)'s patents?

National Institutes OF Health (NIH)'s patents average 15.6 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 Institutes OF Health (NIH) 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

National Institutes OF Health (NIH)

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #24,850 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 12 technology areas.

#24,850
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.8/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24850 · US Corporation #24,850 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,850/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nanograf
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanograf 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.

How National’s 36.8 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 8.6 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 12.2 pts (33%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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FiberTech · near

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Schlumberger Norge AS · near

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TÜRK & Hillinger · near

37
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37
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows National's Innovation Score is 36.8/100 (top 45% 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for National?

Each dot is one of National’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). National’s own 15.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

National vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where National's grants concentrate

National Institutes OF Health (NIH) is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, National sits between Nanograf Corporation and NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd.

National's three-year grant acceleration

National Institutes OF Health (NIH) shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Nanograf

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What this shows National holds 11 patents at rank #24,834, 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 #24,834 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), National ranks #2,696 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Schlumberger Norge AS 37 TÜRK & Hillinger GMBH 37 FiberTech Co., Ltd. 37 Institute OF Materia Medica, Chinese Academy OF Medical Sciences 37

National's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

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) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	18.2%
2016	2	18.2%
2018	1	9.1%
2019	1	9.1%
2021	2	18.2%
2022	1	9.1%
2023	2	18.2%

Which technologies does National Institutes OF Health (NIH) patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 8

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 5

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

C07K - Peptides 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

C07J - Steroids 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

National Institutes OF Health (NIH)'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

National Institutes OF Health (NIH)'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 72.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #24,850 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare National Institutes OF Health (NIH) against Nanograf Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.8/100 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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