Overall rank by patents
#5,535
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 62 granted patents across 20 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: H01Q (ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Nokia ranks #5,535 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 62 patents across 20 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R5535 · Foreign Corporation #5,535 · 62 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Muffin Incorporated (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Accton Technology · near
47 score
Epizyme · near
47 score
Kuwait Institute FOR… · near
47 score
Mitsubishi Engineeri… · near
47 score
Nokia Shanghai Bell · this assignee
47 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Nokia Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd. stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #5,535 of 50,000; Innovation Score 47.3/100 sits in the top 19% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Muffin Incorporated (±0 grants).
Nokia Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd. has been granted 62 US utility patents between 2018 and 2025, placing Nokia Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd. at #5,535 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 20 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 14.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in H01Q (ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS). As a Foreign Corporation, Nokia Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Nokia sits between Muffin Incorporated (62 patents, rank #5,529) and Parallels IP Holdings Gmbh (62 patents, rank #5,537) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 47.3/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 51 grants, compared with 9 in the 2015–2019 window, a +467% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Nokia Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd.'s 14.8 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 20 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Muffin Incorporated
62 patents
NINGBO SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
62 patents
NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD
62 patents
NantOmics, LLC
62 patents
ORGANO CORPORATION
62 patents
PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
62 patents
PERFECTVISION MANUFACTURING, INC.
62 patents
Parallels IP Holdings GmbH
62 patents
Nokia Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd.
62 patents
What this shows Nokia holds 62 patents at rank #5,533, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #5,533 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Nokia's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nokia, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.8 here).
Nokia's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | 6.5% |
| 2019 | 5 | 8.1% |
| 2020 | 9 | 14.5% |
| 2021 | 11 | 17.7% |
| 2022 | 17 | 27.4% |
| 2023 | 11 | 17.7% |
| 2024 | 3 | 4.8% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 3.2% |
Top 15 of 20 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#5,535
of 50,000 tracked assignees
47.3 out of 100
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