Overall rank by patents
#4,900
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 71 granted patents across 62 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #4,900 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 62 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R4900 · Foreign Corporation #4,900 · 71 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Manitowoc Crane Companies, 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
Medartis · near
50 score
Nasdaq · near
50 score
National University… · near
50 score
National University… · this assignee
50 score
Wagner Spray Tech · near
50 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows National's Innovation Score is 50.3/100 (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 University Corporation Gunma University received 32 grants versus 38 in 2015–2019 (-16% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 10 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 3. Lead class Y02E accounts for 26.8% of the portfolio across 62 subclasses. Volume neighbours: MOR Research Applications Ltd. (#4,896) and Ohio State University (#4,904).
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, National University Corporation Gunma University moved from 24 to 18 grants (0.75x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
MOR Research Applications Ltd.
71 patents
Manitowoc Crane Companies, LLC
71 patents
Matthews International Corporation
71 patents
McAlister Technologies, LLC
71 patents
National University OF Defense Technology
71 patents
NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
71 patents
Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC
71 patents
Ohio State University
71 patents
National University Corporation Gunma University
71 patents
What this shows National holds 71 patents at rank #4,900, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #4,900 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 (9.3 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
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
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 | 10 | 14.1% |
| 2016 | 7 | 9.9% |
| 2017 | 3 | 4.2% |
| 2018 | 8 | 11.3% |
| 2019 | 10 | 14.1% |
| 2020 | 10 | 14.1% |
| 2021 | 4 | 5.6% |
| 2022 | 8 | 11.3% |
| 2023 | 6 | 8.5% |
| 2024 | 4 | 5.6% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 1.4% |
Top 15 of 62 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#4,900
of 49,997 tracked assignees
50.3 out of 100
What to do with this data
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Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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