Where does National Instruments Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), National Instruments Corporation ranks #1,518 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 Instruments Corporation hold?

National Instruments Corporation holds 274 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 55 technology areas.

What is National Instruments Corporation's Innovation Score?

National Instruments Corporation has an Innovation Score of 59.6 out of 100 (top 4% 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 Instruments Corporation focus on?

National Instruments Corporation's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 119 patents, ranking #467 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 55 CPC subclasses total.

Is National Instruments Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

National Instruments Corporation's recent grant velocity is -72% 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 Instruments Corporation's patents?

National Instruments Corporation's patents average 20.4 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 Instruments Corporation 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 Instruments Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 274 granted patents across 55 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #1,518 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 274 patents across 55 technology areas.

#1,518
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.6/100): 20.4
avg claims per patent: -72%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1518 · US Corporation #1,518 · 274 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 274 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,518/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Acronis International
CPC-WIDE G06F · 55 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -72% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Acronis International GmbH (±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 59.6 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 19.4 pts (33%) Velocity 3.0 pts (5%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
National Instruments · this assignee

60
Nokia · near

60
Inventec · near

60
Oatey · near

60
Topcon · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows National's Innovation Score is 59.6/100 (top 4% 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 20.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 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.

How National's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, National Instruments Corporation received 60 grants versus 211 in 2015–2019 (-72% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 52 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 9. Lead class G06F accounts for 43.4% of the portfolio across 55 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Acronis International GmbH (#1,514) and Denso TEN Limited (#1,522).

National's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, National Instruments Corporation moved from 65 to 29 grants (0.45x 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 #2,799. See the growth leaderboard.

Acronis Internati…

274
Cambria

274
Hexagon Technolog…

274
Hollister Incorpo…

274
Saint-gobain Perf…

274
Thermo King

274
National Instrume… ◀

274
Corephotonics

273
Denso TEN

273

What this shows National holds 274 patents at rank #1,518, 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 #1,518 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). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), National ranks #467 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Nokia 60 Inventec Corporation 60 Topcon Corporation 60 Oatey Co. 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.4 here).

Lookout, Inc. 20.4 avg Andrew Wireless Systems GmbH 20.4 avg Synthetic Genomics, Inc. 20.4 avg Ablative Solutions, Inc. 20.4 avg

National's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% 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.

View data table

National Instruments Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	52	19.0%
2016	48	17.5%
2017	40	14.6%
2018	37	13.5%
2019	34	12.4%
2020	16	5.8%
2021	15	5.5%
2022	9	3.3%
2023	10	3.6%
2024	10	3.6%
2025partial year	3	1.1%

Which technologies does National Instruments Corporation patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 119

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 74

H04B - Transmission 56

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 51

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 42

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 18

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 11

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 9

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 8

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 7

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 7

H04J - Multiplex Communication 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

H04Q - Selecting 6

Top 15 of 55 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

National Instruments Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

National Instruments Corporation's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 43.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,518 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare National Instruments Corporation against Acronis International GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.6/100 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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