Where does National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC ranks #452 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC's recent grant velocity is +57% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC's patents?

National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC's patents average 15.7 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC

Q: How many patents does National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC hold?

National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC holds 1,004 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 269 technology areas.

Q: What is National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC's Innovation Score?

National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC has an Innovation Score of 63.8 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: How is the National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, 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 PatentsView assignee record - 1,004 granted patents across 269 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #452 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,004 patents across 269 technology areas.

#452
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.8/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: +57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R452 · US Corporation #452 · 1,004 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.0K grants
TOP-DECILE #452/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Board of…
CPC-BROAD Y02E · 269 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (±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 63.8 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 23.9 pts (37%) Velocity 5.5 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Safran Landing… · near

64
National Technology… · this assignee

64
Rohde & Schwarz & KG · near

64
TE Connectivity… · near

64
United Parcel… · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows National's Innovation Score is 63.8/100 (top 2% 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 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 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 Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC received 570 grants versus 364 in 2015–2019 (+57% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 153 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 68. Lead class Y02E accounts for 13.9% of the portfolio across 269 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (#448) and Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd. (#456).

National's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC moved from 397 to 326 grants (0.82x 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 #1,765. See the growth leaderboard.

Mayo Foundation f…

1,020
Allstate Insurance

1,012
Nicira

1,011
Toyoda Gosei

1,008
The Board of Trus…

1,004
National Technolo… ◀

1,004
Nidec

999
GE Precision Heal…

994
Beijing BOE Techn…

991

What this shows National holds 1,004 patents at rank #452, 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 #452 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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 Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), National ranks #106 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG 64 United Parcel Service OF America, Inc. 64 TE Connectivity Germany GmbH 64 Safran Landing Systems Canada Inc. 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.7 here).

Pirelli Tyre S.P.A. 15.7 avg The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University 15.7 avg Abbott Medical Optics Inc. 15.7 avg Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 15.7 avg

National's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	68	6.8%
2018	143	14.2%
2019	153	15.2%
2020	115	11.5%
2021	129	12.8%
2022	93	9.3%
2023	137	13.6%
2024	96	9.6%
2025partial year	70	7.0%

Which technologies does National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 140

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 122

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 94

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 49

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 48

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 44

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 42

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 41

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 41

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 40

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 39

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 38

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 38

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 37

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 35

Top 15 of 269 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 Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 13.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #452 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC against Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.8/100 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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