Where does Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY ranks #183 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 Solutions AND Networks OY hold?

Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY holds 2,149 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 80 technology areas.

What is Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY's Innovation Score?

Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY has an Innovation Score of 69.3 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY focus on?

Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY's top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 1,426 patents, ranking #24 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 80 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY's recent grant velocity is -6% 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 Solutions AND Networks OY's patents?

Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY's patents average 18.2 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 Solutions AND Networks OY 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

Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 2,149 granted patents across 80 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nokia ranks #183 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,149 patents across 80 technology areas.

#183
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (69.3/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: -6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R183 · Foreign Corporation #183 · 2,149 grants

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

GRANTS-LARGE 2.1K grants
TOP-DECILE #183/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Rolls-royce
CPC-WIDE H04W · 80 areas
INNOV-STRONG 69.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rolls-royce plc (±3 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.

How Nokia’s 69.3 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 26.5 pts (38%) Velocity 6.8 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Korea Advanced… · near

69
Continental Automotive · near

69
Nokia Solutions AND… · this assignee

69
BIC Violex Single… · near

69
Delta (Shanghai) · near

69
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nokia's Innovation Score is 69.3/100 (top 1% 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Nokia?

Each dot is one of Nokia’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Nokia’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Nokia vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

How Nokia's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY received 974 grants versus 1,034 in 2015–2019 (-6% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 246 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 167. Lead class H04W accounts for 66.4% of the portfolio across 80 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Cilag GmbH International (#179) and Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. (#187).

Nokia's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY moved from 592 to 608 grants (1.03x 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 #1,113. See the growth leaderboard.

Cilag Internation…

2,210
Shin-etsu Chemical

2,184
Jaguar Land Rover

2,182
Rolls-royce

2,152
Nokia Solutions A… ◀

2,149
Alcatel Lucent

2,140
Shimadzu

2,128
Dolby Laboratorie…

2,118
Intuitive Surgica…

2,117

What this shows Nokia holds 2,149 patents at rank #183, 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 #183 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), Nokia ranks #24 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (69 here).

Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH 69 Korea Advanced Institute OF Science AND Technology 69 Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 69 BIC Violex Single Member S.A. 69

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.2 here).

Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited 18.2 avg Mythical, Inc. 18.2 avg Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. 18.2 avg Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc. 18.2 avg

Nokia's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

69 Top 1% higher than 99% 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.

View data table

Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	167	7.8%
2016	208	9.7%
2017	246	11.4%
2018	187	8.7%
2019	226	10.5%
2020	179	8.3%
2021	187	8.7%
2022	203	9.4%
2023	181	8.4%
2024	224	10.4%
2025partial year	141	6.6%

Which technologies does Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1,426

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1,177

H04B - Transmission 447

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 125

H04J - Multiplex Communication 101

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 77

H04M - Telephonic Communication 75

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 57

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 44

H04Q - Selecting 41

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 33

H03F - Amplifiers 30

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 30

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 27

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 25

Top 15 of 80 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 66.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #183 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY against Cilag GmbH International, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 69.3/100 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

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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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