Overall rank by patents
#1,914
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 210 granted patents across 129 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #1,914 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 210 patents across 129 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R1914 · Foreign Corporation #1,914 · 210 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: CPS Technology Holdings 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
National University… · this assignee
53 score
ThyssenKrupp Steel… · near
53 score
University OF Durham · near
53 score
Vale · near
53 score
ETH ZÜRICH (EIDGENÖS… · near
53 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows National's Innovation Score is 53.3/100 (top 9% 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 Nagoya University received 79 grants versus 129 in 2015–2019 (-39% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 35 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 4. Lead class G01N accounts for 16.7% of the portfolio across 129 subclasses. Volume neighbours: CPS Technology Holdings LLC (#1,909) and Panasonic Avionics Corporation (#1,917).
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, National University Corporation Nagoya University moved from 77 to 32 grants (0.42x 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 #2,852. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
CPS Technology Holdings LLC
210 patents
Dow Corning Corporation
210 patents
Hitachi High-tech Science Corporation
210 patents
Hitachi Energy Ltd
210 patents
Okamura Corporation
210 patents
OpenTV, Inc.
210 patents
PHC Holdings Corporation
210 patents
Panasonic Avionics Corporation
210 patents
National University Corporation Nagoya University
210 patents
What this shows National holds 210 patents at rank #1,913, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #1,913 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 (53 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.7 here).
National's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
53 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 | 35 | 16.7% |
| 2016 | 18 | 8.6% |
| 2017 | 20 | 9.5% |
| 2018 | 26 | 12.4% |
| 2019 | 30 | 14.3% |
| 2020 | 28 | 13.3% |
| 2021 | 19 | 9.0% |
| 2022 | 20 | 9.5% |
| 2023 | 8 | 3.8% |
| 2024 | 4 | 1.9% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 1.0% |
Top 15 of 129 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#1,914
of 49,997 tracked assignees
53.3 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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