Where does Naval Group rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Naval Group ranks #15,483 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 Naval Group hold?

Naval Group holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Naval Group's Innovation Score?

Naval Group has an Innovation Score of 46.5 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Naval Group focus on?

Naval Group's top technology area is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Naval Group's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Naval Group's recent grant velocity is +750% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Naval Group's patents?

Naval Group's patents average 11.1 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 Naval Group 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

Naval Group

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Naval ranks #15,483 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 18 technology areas.

#15,483
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.5/100): 11.1
avg claims per patent: +750%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15483 · Foreign Corporation #15,483 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,483/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nanocopoeia
CPC-FOCUS B63B · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +750% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanocopoeia, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Callahan Cellular L… · near

46
Clearview AI · near

46
DeepSig · near

46
Invacare · near

46
Naval Group · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Naval's Innovation Score is 46.5/100 (top 21% 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 Naval's grants concentrate

Naval Group is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 31.6% of grants classified under B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Naval sits between Nanocopoeia, LLC and Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc..

Naval's three-year grant acceleration

Naval Group shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Nanocopoeia

19
Nantong Fujitsu M…

19
Nardi S P A

19
National Universi…

19
Neurogami Medical

19
NEW Revo Brand Gr…

19
NEW York Society…

19
Nisshinbo Micro D…

19
Naval Group ◀

19

What this shows Naval holds 19 patents at rank #15,480, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Naval

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,480 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

DeepSig Inc. 46 Invacare Corporation 46 Callahan Cellular L.L.C. 46 Clearview AI, Inc. 46

Naval's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Naval Group patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	10.5%
2020	3	15.8%
2021	1	5.3%
2022	7	36.8%
2023	4	21.1%
2024	2	10.5%

Which technologies does Naval Group patent most?

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 6

F41F - Apparatus FOR Launching Projectiles OR Missiles From Barrels, e.g. Cannons ; Launchers FOR Rockets OR TORPEDOES; Harpoon Guns 6

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 4

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 2

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 1

Top 15 of 18 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#15,483

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Naval Group's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Naval Group's lead technology class is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping), 31.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63B
Ranked #15,483 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Naval Group against Nanocopoeia, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.5/100 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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