Where does Nokia of America Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nokia of America Corporation ranks #2,229 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 Nokia of America Corporation hold?

Nokia of America Corporation holds 176 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is Nokia of America Corporation's Innovation Score?

Nokia of America Corporation has an Innovation Score of 51.2 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nokia of America Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nokia of America Corporation's recent grant velocity is -54% 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 Nokia of America Corporation's patents?

Nokia of America Corporation's patents average 18.7 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 Nokia of America Corporation 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

Nokia of America Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Nokia of America Corporation focus on?

Nokia of America Corporation's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 109 patents. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 176 granted patents across 36 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nokia ranks #2,229 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 176 patents across 36 technology areas.

#2,229
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.2/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: -54%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2229 · US Corporation #2,229 · 176 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 176 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,229/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Institute OF…
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -54% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Institute OF Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan (±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
BOE Optical Science… · near

51
Liberty Mutual… · near

51
Nokia of America · this assignee

51
Sugino Machine · near

51
Ubicquia · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nokia's Innovation Score is 51.2/100 (top 12% 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 Nokia's grants concentrate

Nokia of America Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 61.9% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (80 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2023. By volume, Nokia sits between VID Scale, Inc. and Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd..

Nokia's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nokia of America Corporation moved from 119 to 16 grants (0.13x 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 #3,148. See the growth leaderboard.

VID Scale

177
Wabco

177
Institute OF Nucl…

176
Lisa Draexlmaier

176
Panasonic Automot…

176
Roland DG

176
Rapiscan Systems

176
Toshiba Materials

176
Nokia of America ◀

176

What this shows Nokia holds 176 patents at rank #2,229, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nokia

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,229 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Sugino Machine Limited 51 BOE Optical Science and Technology Co., Ltd. 51 Ubicquia, Inc. 51 Liberty Mutual Insurance Company 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.7 here).

Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC 18.7 avg Workday, Inc. 18.7 avg Baxter International Inc. 18.7 avg Schlage Lock Company LLC 18.7 avg

Nokia's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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.

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Nokia of America Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	40	22.7%
2019	80	45.5%
2020	27	15.3%
2021	12	6.8%
2022	10	5.7%
2023	3	1.7%
2024	3	1.7%
2025partial year	1	0.6%

Which technologies does Nokia of America Corporation patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 109

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 65

H04B - Transmission 42

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 20

H04J - Multiplex Communication 17

H04M - Telephonic Communication 15

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 13

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 10

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 6

H04Q - Selecting 4

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 3

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 3

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 3

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 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

Top 15 of 36 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,229

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.2 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

Nokia of America Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nokia of America Corporation's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 61.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #2,229 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nokia of America Corporation against VID Scale, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.2/100 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

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.