Where does National Security Technologies Llc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), National Security Technologies Llc ranks #23,050 of 50,000 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 Security Technologies Llc hold?

National Security Technologies Llc holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is National Security Technologies Llc's Innovation Score?

National Security Technologies Llc has an Innovation Score of 31.5 out of 100 (top 62% 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 Security Technologies Llc focus on?

National Security Technologies Llc's top technology area is G02B (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is National Security Technologies Llc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

National Security Technologies Llc's recent grant velocity is -91% 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 Security Technologies Llc's patents?

National Security Technologies Llc's patents average 17.3 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 Security Technologies Llc 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 Security Technologies Llc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: G02B (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #23,050 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 12 technology areas.

#23,050
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 62%
by Innovation Score (31.5/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23050 · US Corporation #23,050 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,050/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Nanowave
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanowave Technologies Inc. (±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 Security · this assignee

32
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows National's Innovation Score is 31.5/100 (top 62% 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.

Where National's grants concentrate

National Security Technologies Llc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 41.7% of grants classified under G02B (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, National sits between Nanowave Technologies Inc. and Nautilus Data Technologies, Inc..

Nanowave

12
National Comprehe…

12
National Flooring…

12
National Presort

12
Nationwide 5

12
Naturalmotion

12
Nautilus Biotechn…

12
Nautilus Data

12
National Security ◀

12

What this shows National holds 12 patents at rank #23,074, 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 #23,074 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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)

32 Top 62% higher than 38% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

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 Security Technologies Llc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	16.7%
2016	1	8.3%
2017	5	41.7%
2018	2	16.7%
2019	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%

Which technologies does National Security Technologies Llc patent most?

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 5

G01P - MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT 3

G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES 3

G01J - MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY 3

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 3

G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION 3

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 3

H04K - SECRET COMMUNICATION; JAMMING OF COMMUNICATION 2

H04B - TRANSMISSION 2

G02F - OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS 1

H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS 1

H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#23,050

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

31.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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