Where does Native Instruments Gmbh rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Native Instruments Gmbh ranks #24,852 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Native Instruments Gmbh hold?

Native Instruments Gmbh holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Native Instruments Gmbh's Innovation Score?

Native Instruments Gmbh has an Innovation Score of 25.3 out of 100 (top 83% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Native Instruments Gmbh's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Native Instruments Gmbh's recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Native Instruments Gmbh's patents?

Native Instruments Gmbh's patents average 13.4 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.

How is the Native Instruments Gmbh 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Native Instruments Gmbh

Q: What technology areas does Native Instruments Gmbh focus on?

Native Instruments Gmbh's top technology area is G10H (ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G10H (ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Native ranks #24,852 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 6 technology areas.

#24,852
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 83%
by Innovation Score (25.3/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24852 · Foreign Corporation #24,852 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,852/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH NATIONAL DONG HWA UN…
CPC-NARROW G10H · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National DONG HWA University (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ningbo Yinzhou Jiash… · near

25
Diagnostic Biosystems · near

25
Fugenbio · near

25
Native Instruments · this assignee

25
SMEG S p a · near

25
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Native's Innovation Score is 25.3/100 (top 83% 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.

Where Native's grants concentrate

Native Instruments Gmbh is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under G10H (ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Native sits between National DONG HWA University and Neocis Inc..

National DONG HWA…

11
National Guard Pr…

11
National Institut…

11
National Universi…

11
NCIP

11
NCM Innovations (…

11
NDM

11
Neocis

11
Native Instruments ◀

11

What this shows Native holds 11 patents at rank #24,836, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Native

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,836 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G10H (Electrophonic Musical Instruments)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Native's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Native, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (25 here).

Diagnostic Biosystems 25 SMEG S.p.a. 25 Fugenbio Co., Ltd. 25 Ningbo Yinzhou Jiasheng PUMP Electric Machinery Factory 25

Native's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 Top 83% higher than 17% of 50,000 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

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Native Instruments Gmbh patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	36.4%
2016	1	9.1%
2017	2	18.2%
2018	2	18.2%
2019	2	18.2%

Which technologies does Native Instruments Gmbh patent most?

G10H - ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE 9

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 5

H04H - BROADCAST COMMUNICATION 3

G11B - INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER 3

H03K - PULSE TECHNIQUE 2

G05B - CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#24,852

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

25.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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