Where does Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc. ranks #17,953 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc.'s patents?

Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc.'s patents average 18.3 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc.

Q: How many patents does Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc. hold?

Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 11 technology areas.

Q: What is Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.5 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: What technology areas does Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc. focus on?

Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc.'s top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 7 patents, ranking #367 of 1,814 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc. 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 - 16 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Northrop ranks #17,953 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 11 technology areas.

#17,953
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.5/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17953 · US Corporation #17,953 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,953/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ningbo Yinzhou…
CPC-FOCUS G01C · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ningbo Yinzhou Jiasheng Pump Electric Machinery Factory (±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.

How Northrop’s 32.5 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 9.8 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Northrop Grumman… · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Northrop's Innovation Score is 32.5/100 (41st percentile 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 Northrop?

Each dot is one of Northrop’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). Northrop’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Northrop's grants concentrate

Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 43.8% of grants classified under G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Northrop sits between Ningbo Yinzhou Jiasheng Pump Electric Machinery Factory and Nuclera Ltd.

Ningbo Yinzhou Ji…

16
Ningbo Yusing Opt…

16
Nittoku

16
North American Pi…

16
Noxxon Pharma

16
Nsfocus Informati…

16
NSK Americas

16
Nuclera

16
Northrop Grumman… ◀

16

What this shows Northrop holds 16 patents at rank #17,935, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Northrop

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,935 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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

Northrop's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	37.5%
2016	3	18.8%
2017	5	31.3%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc. patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 7

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 5

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 4

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 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H04B - Transmission 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

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 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 43.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #17,953 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Northrop Grumman Guidance AND Electronics Company, Inc. against Ningbo Yinzhou Jiasheng Pump Electric Machinery Factory, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.5/100 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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