Where does nuTonomy Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), nuTonomy Inc. ranks #13,086 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 nuTonomy Inc. hold?

nuTonomy Inc. holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is nuTonomy Inc.'s Innovation Score?

nuTonomy Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.7 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does nuTonomy Inc. focus on?

nuTonomy Inc.'s top technology area is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables) with 15 patents, ranking #238 of 2,515 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is nuTonomy Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

nuTonomy Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -36% 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 nuTonomy Inc.'s patents?

nuTonomy Inc.'s patents average 31.9 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 nuTonomy 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

nuTonomy Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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: G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, nutonomy ranks #13,086 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 15 technology areas.

#13,086
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.7/100): 31.9
avg claims per patent: -36%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13086 · US Corporation #13,086 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #13,086/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH avateramedical
CPC-FOCUS G05D · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 31.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -36% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: avateramedical GmbH (±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 nutonomy’s 39.7 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 11.0 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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nuTonomy · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows nutonomy's Innovation Score is 39.7/100 (top 38% 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 nutonomy?

Each dot is one of nutonomy’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). nutonomy’s own 31.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where nutonomy's grants concentrate

nuTonomy Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 65.2% of grants classified under G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, nutonomy sits between avateramedical GmbH and Abberior Instruments GMBH.

avateramedical

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ihear Medical

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miroculus

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nutonomy ◀

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1304338 Alberta

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42maru

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4C Medical

22
Abberior Instrume…

22

What this shows nuTonomy holds 23 patents at rank #13,271, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near nuTonomy

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,271 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables)

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

nutonomy's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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nuTonomy Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	4.3%
2018	2	8.7%
2019	11	47.8%
2020	9	39.1%

Which technologies does nuTonomy Inc. patent most?

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 15

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 10

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 8

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 4

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

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 1

Top 15 of 15 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

nuTonomy Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

nuTonomy Inc.'s lead technology class is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables), 65.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05D
Ranked #13,086 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare nuTonomy Inc. against avateramedical GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.7/100 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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