Overall rank by patents
#17,926
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G06V (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #17,926 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 29 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R17926 · Foreign Corporation #17,926 · 16 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Monster Llc (±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 Kaohsiung U… · this assignee
37 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows National Kaohsiung University OF Applied Sciences stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #17,926 of 50,000; Innovation Score 36.6/100 sits in the top 46% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Monster Llc (±0 grants).
National Kaohsiung University OF Applied Sciences has been granted 16 US utility patents between 2015 and 2020, placing National Kaohsiung University OF Applied Sciences at #17,926 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 29 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 13.0 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06V (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING). As a Foreign Corporation, National Kaohsiung University OF Applied Sciences is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, National sits between Monster Llc (16 patents, rank #17,915) and Nbe-therapeutics Ag (16 patents, rank #17,923) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 36.6/100 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 1 grants, compared with 15 in the 2015–2019 window, a -93% 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 Kaohsiung University OF Applied Sciences's 13.0 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 29 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 ◀
Monster LLC
16 patents
Multisorb Technologies, Inc.
16 patents
NANCHANG O-FILM BIO-IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
16 patents
NANCHANG O-FILM OPTICAL-ELECTRONIC TECH CO., LTD.
16 patents
NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO UK LIMITED
16 patents
NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
16 patents
NBD NANOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
16 patents
NBE-Therapeutics AG
16 patents
NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
16 patents
What this shows National holds 16 patents at rank #17,919, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #17,919 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)
37 Top 46% higher than 54% 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 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 2016 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2017 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 2018 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 6.3% |
Top 15 of 29 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#17,926
of 50,000 tracked assignees
36.6 out of 100
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