Overall rank by patents
#23,049
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 6 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: B07C (POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #23,049 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 6 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R23049 · US Corporation #23,049 · 12 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanotemper Technologies 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
National Presort · this assignee
29 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows National's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (top 72% 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.
National Presort, Llc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B07C (POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, National sits between Nanotemper Technologies Gmbh and Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc..
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Nanotemper Technologies GMBH
12 patents
Nanowave Technologies Inc.
12 patents
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
12 patents
National Flooring Equipment, Inc.
12 patents
National Security Technologies LLC
12 patents
Nationwide 5, LLC
12 patents
NaturalMotion Ltd.
12 patents
Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc.
12 patents
National Presort, LLC
12 patents
What this shows National holds 12 patents at rank #23,073, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #23,073 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)
29 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 | 2 | 16.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 8.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 8.3% |
| 2020 | 3 | 25.0% |
| 2021 | 3 | 25.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | 8.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 8.3% |
Top 6 of 6 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#23,049
of 50,000 tracked assignees
28.8 out of 100
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