Where does NextNav, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NextNav, LLC ranks #3,103 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 NextNav, LLC hold?

NextNav, LLC holds 122 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is NextNav, LLC's Innovation Score?

NextNav, LLC has an Innovation Score of 53.5 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is NextNav, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NextNav, LLC's recent grant velocity is +7% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for NextNav, LLC's patents?

NextNav, LLC's patents average 24.4 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 NextNav, LLC 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

NextNav, LLC

Q: What technology areas does NextNav, LLC focus on?

NextNav, LLC's top technology area is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves) with 69 patents. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 122 granted patents across 21 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: G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nextnav ranks #3,103 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 122 patents across 21 technology areas.

#3,103
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.5/100): 24.4
avg claims per patent: +7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3103 · US Corporation #3,103 · 122 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 122 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,103/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MAN Energy Solutions…
CPC-FOCUS G01S · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MAN Energy Solutions SE (±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
Eligo Bioscience · near

54
Embecta · near

54
GD Midea Heating &… · near

54
NextNav · this assignee

54
Osram Sylvania · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nextnav's Innovation Score is 53.5/100 (top 9% 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 Nextnav's grants concentrate

NextNav, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 56.6% of grants classified under G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (17 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2015. By volume, Nextnav sits between MAN Energy Solutions SE and Smartsky Networks LLC.

Nextnav's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, NextNav, LLC moved from 40 to 36 grants (0.90x 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 #1,478. See the growth leaderboard.

MAN Energy Soluti…

122
Mitsubishi Heavy…

122
Morpho

122
Natera

122
Oiles

122
Quarkstar

122
Saint-gobain Isov…

122
Smartsky Networks

122
Nextnav ◀

122

What this shows NextNav holds 122 patents at rank #3,103, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NextNav

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,103 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

GD Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co., Ltd. 54 Osram Sylvania Inc. 54 Eligo Bioscience 54 Embecta Corp. 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.4 here).

HM.CLAUSE, Inc. 24.4 avg Ventana Micro Systems Inc. 24.5 avg Zoll Medical Corporation 24.4 avg Headwater Partners II LLC 24.4 avg

Nextnav's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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NextNav, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	3.3%
2016	9	7.4%
2017	11	9.0%
2018	14	11.5%
2019	17	13.9%
2020	13	10.7%
2021	10	8.2%
2022	11	9.0%
2023	15	12.3%
2024	10	8.2%
2025partial year	8	6.6%

Which technologies does NextNav, LLC patent most?

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 69

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 69

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 63

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 26

H04B - Transmission 24

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

G01W - Meteorology 8

H04M - Telephonic Communication 7

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 6

H04J - Multiplex Communication 3

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 3

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,103

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

53.5 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

NextNav, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NextNav, LLC's lead technology class is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra), 56.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01S
Ranked #3,103 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NextNav, LLC against MAN Energy Solutions SE, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.5/100 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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