Where does Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc. ranks #6,680 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 Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc. hold?

Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc. holds 50 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.3 out of 100 (30th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -44% 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 Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patents?

Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patents average 4.4 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 Navajo Manufacturing Company, 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

Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc. focus on?

Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s top technology area is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages) with 5 patents, ranking #733 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 50 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Navajo ranks #6,680 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 50 patents across 10 technology areas.

#6,680
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.3/100): 4.4
avg claims per patent: -44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6680 · US Corporation #6,680 · 50 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 50 grants
UPPER-Q #6,680/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Neurocrine Biosciences
CPC-FOCUS B65D · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -44% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Neurocrine Biosciences, 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 Navajo’s 29.3 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 13.6 pts (46%) Velocity 1.9 pts (6%) Breadth 11.2 pts (38%) Claim depth 2.6 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Honey-Can-Do… · near

29
Leapfrog Product… · near

29
Paradigm Spine · near

29
Shenzhen Leshuo… · near

29
Navajo Manufacturing · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Navajo's Innovation Score is 29.3/100 (30th percentile 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 Navajo?

Each dot is one of Navajo’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). Navajo’s own 4.4 claims/patent is at or below the 11.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Navajo's grants concentrate

Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 10% of grants classified under B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Navajo sits between Ningbo Futai Electric Limited and Ocean's King Lighting Science & Technology Co., Ltd..

Navajo's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc. moved from 21 to 6 grants (0.29x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Ningbo Futai Elec…

50
Ningbo Institute…

50
Nippon Shinyaku

50
NUC

50
Neurocrine Biosci…

50
Nguyen Gaming

50
Northrop Grumman…

50
Ocean's King Ligh…

50
Navajo Manufactur… ◀

50

What this shows Navajo holds 50 patents at rank #6,682, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Navajo

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,682 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Navajo, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials), Navajo ranks #733 of 3,365 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

Leapfrog Product Development LLC 29 Honey-Can-Do International, LLC 29 Shenzhen Leshuo Technology Co., Ltd 29 Paradigm Spine, LLC 29

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (4.4 here).

Meyer Intellectual Properties Ltd. 4.4 avg NcStar, Inc. 4.4 avg Nomis LLC 4.4 avg Fourstar Group Inc. 4.4 avg

Navajo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	10.0%
2016	5	10.0%
2017	6	12.0%
2018	7	14.0%
2019	9	18.0%
2020	6	12.0%
2021	6	12.0%
2022	1	2.0%
2023	2	4.0%
2024	3	6.0%

Which technologies does Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc. patent most?

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 5

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 2

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 1

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s lead technology class is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F), 10% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #6,680 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc. against Ningbo Futai Electric Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.3/100 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

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