Where does Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc. ranks #6,686 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 Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc. hold?

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc. holds 50 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 53 technology areas.

What is Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.2 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc. focus on?

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition) with 18 patents, ranking #26 of 331 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 53 CPC subclasses total.

Is Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +113% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.'s patents average 22.5 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 Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 50 granted patents across 53 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Northrop ranks #6,686 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 50 patents across 53 technology areas.

#6,686
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.2/100): 22.5
avg claims per patent: +113%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6686 · US Corporation #6,686 · 50 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 50 grants
UPPER-Q #6,686/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Navajo Manufacturing
CPC-WIDE F42B · 53 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +113% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc. (±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 52.2 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 13.6 pts (26%) Velocity 0.1 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 13.5 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Northrop Grumman… · this assignee

52
Relign · near

52
Friedrich-Schiller-U… · near

52
Movidius · near

52
University of South… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Northrop's Innovation Score is 52.2/100 (top 10% 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 22.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.7 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.

How Northrop's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc. received 34 grants versus 16 in 2015–2019 (+113% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 28 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 1. Lead class F42B accounts for 36% of the portfolio across 53 subclasses. Volume neighbours: NUC Electronics Co., Ltd. (#6,681) and OVD Kinegram AG (#6,689).

Northrop's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc. moved from 46 to 1 grants (0.02x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

NUC

50
Navajo Manufactur…

50
Neurocrine Biosci…

50
Nguyen Gaming

50
Ocean's King Ligh…

50
Omax

50
Ontex Group

50
OVD Kinegram

50
Northrop Grumman… ◀

50

What this shows Northrop holds 50 patents at rank #6,685, 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 #6,685 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F42B (Explosive Charges)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Northrop, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F42B (Explosive Charges), Northrop ranks #26 of 331 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Relign Corporation 52 Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena 52 Movidius Limited 52 University of South Alabama 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.5 here).

Avery Dennison Corporation 22.5 avg Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC 22.5 avg Light Field Lab, Inc. 22.5 avg Heineken Supply Chain B.V. 22.5 avg

Northrop's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	3	6.0%
2019	13	26.0%
2020	28	56.0%
2021	5	10.0%
2024	1	2.0%

Which technologies does Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc. patent most?

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 18

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 11

F02K - Jet-propulsion Plants 10

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 10

C06B - Explosives OR Thermic Compositions ; Manufacture THEREOF; USE OF Single Substances AS Explosives 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 8

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 7

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 7

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 6

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 6

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 6

C06C - Detonating OR Priming DEVICES; Fuses ; Chemical LIGHTERS; Pyrophoric Compositions 6

F42C - Ammunition Fuzes ; Arming OR Safety Means Therefor 5

H04B - Transmission 5

Top 15 of 53 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 Innovation Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition), 36% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F42B
Ranked #6,686 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc. against NUC Electronics Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.2/100 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

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