Overall rank by patents
#3,261
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 115 granted patents across 118 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: H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #3,261 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 115 patents across 118 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R3261 · Foreign Corporation #3,261 · 115 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Institut Curie (±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
Alpla Werke Alwin… · near
50 score
Deckers Outdoor · near
50 score
National Taiwan… · this assignee
50 score
Roland DG · near
50 score
Voestalpine Stahl · near
50 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows National's Innovation Score is 50.5/100 (top 13% 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.
Between 2020–2024, National Taiwan Normal University received 46 grants versus 62 in 2015–2019 (-26% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 18 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 5. Lead class H10D accounts for 12.2% of the portfolio across 118 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Institut Curie (#3,257) and Shofu Inc. (#3,265).
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, National Taiwan Normal University moved from 48 to 16 grants (0.33x 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 #2,960. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Institut Curie
115 patents
Messier-bugatti-dowty
115 patents
Minka Lighting, Inc.
115 patents
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
115 patents
Novomatic AG
115 patents
Omron Automotive Electronics Co., Ltd.
115 patents
Pi-Design AG
115 patents
Shofu Inc.
115 patents
National Taiwan Normal University
115 patents
What this shows National holds 115 patents at rank #3,261, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #3,261 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in National's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for National, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.3 here).
National's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 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 | 5 | 4.3% |
| 2016 | 14 | 12.2% |
| 2017 | 9 | 7.8% |
| 2018 | 16 | 13.9% |
| 2019 | 18 | 15.7% |
| 2020 | 18 | 15.7% |
| 2021 | 12 | 10.4% |
| 2022 | 6 | 5.2% |
| 2023 | 5 | 4.3% |
| 2024 | 5 | 4.3% |
| 2025partial year | 7 | 6.1% |
Top 15 of 118 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#3,261
of 49,997 tracked assignees
50.5 out of 100
What to do with this data
National Taiwan Normal University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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