Overall rank by patents
#3,854
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 94 granted patents across 103 technology areas, active 2020–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: B82Y (SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES).
The verdict
National holds 94 US patents across 103 technology areas, rank #3,854 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education AND Research System has been granted 94 US utility patents between 2020 and 2025, placing National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education AND Research System at rank #3,854 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 103 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 10.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in B82Y (SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES). As a Foreign Corporation, National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education AND Research System is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, National sits between MBIT Wireless, Inc. (94 patents, rank #3,850) and SUN Yat-sen University (94 patents, rank #3,858) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 67.0/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Historical data spans 2020 through 2025, with 94 total grants over that period. Velocity comparisons require five years of historical filings to calibrate. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education AND Research System's 10.4 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while a diversified footprint across 100+ CPC subclasses spreads risk across many technology fronts. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education AND Research System against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
MBIT WIRELESS, INC.
94 patents
Mertec, LLC
94 patents
MiMedx Group, Inc.
94 patents
Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
94 patents
PLUME DESIGN, INC.
94 patents
RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY LLC
94 patents
SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
94 patents
SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
94 patents
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM
94 patents
What this shows National holds 94 patents at rank #3,854, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #3,854 in granted patent volume.
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, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
67 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | 4.3% |
| 2021 | 5 | 5.3% |
| 2022 | 13 | 13.8% |
| 2023 | 22 | 23.4% |
| 2024 | 27 | 28.7% |
| 2025 | 23 | 24.5% |
Top 15 of 103 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#3,854
Across all tracked assignees
67.0 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
National's 94 grants land it in the top 1% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.