USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO

Q: Where does Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO ranks #691 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO 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 PatentsView assignee record - 653 granted patents across 214 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nederlandse ranks #691 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 653 patents across 214 technology areas.

#691
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.2/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R691 · Foreign Corporation #691 · 653 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 653 grants
TOP-DECILE #691/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hughes Network Systems
CPC-BROAD H04L · 214 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hughes Network Systems, LLC (±1 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
Nederlandse… · this assignee

63
Palo Alto Research… · near

63
Raytheon BBN · near

63
Abb Vie · near

63
Siemens Healthcare… · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nederlandse's Innovation Score is 63.2/100 (top 2% 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.

How Nederlandse's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO received 289 grants versus 307 in 2015–2019 (-6% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 72 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 44. Lead class H04L accounts for 15.9% of the portfolio across 214 subclasses. Volume neighbours: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (#687) and British Telecommunications public limited company (#695).

Nederlandse's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO moved from 180 to 170 grants (0.94x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,344. See the growth leaderboard.

American Express…

655
TS Tech

655
Roche Diagnostics…

654
psemi

654
Nederlandse Organ… ◀

653
Hughes Network Sy…

652
Incyte

652
University of Sou…

652
British Telecommu…

651

What this shows Nederlandse holds 653 patents at rank #691, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nederlandse

By rank, the assignees closest to #691 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 63 Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. 63 Abb Vie Inc. 63 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.8 here).

University of Central Florida Research Foundation 15.8 avg Ethicon, Inc. 15.8 avg AVL List GMBH 15.8 avg JNC Petrochemical Corporation 15.8 avg

Nederlandse's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	66	10.1%
2016	66	10.1%
2017	61	9.3%
2018	53	8.1%
2019	61	9.3%
2020	62	9.5%
2021	57	8.7%
2022	72	11.0%
2023	44	6.7%
2024	54	8.3%
2025partial year	57	8.7%

Which technologies does Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 104

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 87

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 68

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 68

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 52

G01Q - Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] 50

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 48

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 42

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 37

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 33

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 32

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 32

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 31

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 28

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 24

Top 15 of 214 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#691

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.2 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

Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 15.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #691 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO against American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.2/100 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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