Where does Nauto, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nauto, Inc. ranks #9,329 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Nauto, Inc. hold?

Nauto, Inc. holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Nauto, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nauto, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.8 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nauto, Inc. focus on?

Nauto, Inc.'s top technology area is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding) with 27 patents, ranking #412 of 5,108 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nauto, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nauto, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +90% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nauto, Inc.'s patents?

Nauto, Inc.'s patents average 22.6 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 Nauto, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Nauto, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nauto ranks #9,329 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 17 technology areas.

#9,329
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.8/100): 22.6
avg claims per patent: +90%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9329 · US Corporation #9,329 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,329/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Neuronetics
CPC-FOCUS G06V · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +90% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Neuronetics, Inc. (±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 Nauto’s 44.8 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 12.3 pts (27%) Velocity 4.3 pts (10%) Breadth 14.6 pts (33%) Claim depth 13.6 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Measurement… · near

45
Nauto · this assignee

45
Parata Systems · near

45
Pizzato Elettrica S… · near

45
Red Bull · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nauto's Innovation Score is 44.8/100 (top 25% 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 Nauto?

Each dot is one of Nauto’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). Nauto’s own 22.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Nauto vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Nauto's grants concentrate

Nauto, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 79.4% of grants classified under G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Nauto sits between Nidec Seimitsu Corporation and OLD Dominion University Research Foundation.

Nauto's three-year grant acceleration

Nauto, Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Nidec Seimitsu

34
Niigata University

34
Nippon Steel & Su…

34
NL Giken Incorpor…

34
Neuronetics

34
Nordex Energy SE…

34
Ohara

34
OLD Dominion Univ…

34
Nauto ◀

34

What this shows Nauto holds 34 patents at rank #9,336, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nauto

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,336 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nauto, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), Nauto ranks #412 of 5,108 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Red Bull GmbH 45 Parata Systems, LLC 45 Measurement Specialties, Inc. 45 Pizzato Elettrica S.R.L. 45

Nauto's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Nauto, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	2.9%
2019	9	26.5%
2020	3	8.8%
2021	5	14.7%
2022	4	11.8%
2023	4	11.8%
2024	3	8.8%
2025partial year	5	14.7%

Which technologies does Nauto, Inc. patent most?

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 27

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 18

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 16

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 12

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 11

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 11

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 10

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 5

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 5

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 2

Top 15 of 17 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Nauto, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nauto, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), 79.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06V
Ranked #9,329 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nauto, Inc. against Nidec Seimitsu Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.8/100 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

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.