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The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 168 granted patents across 109 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #2,338 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 168 patents across 109 technology areas.

#2,338
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.8/100)
16.2
avg claims per patent
+725%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2338 · US Corporation #2,338 · 168 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MID 168 grants
  • TOP-DECILE #2,338/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Oerlikon Surface…
  • CPC-WIDE A61K · 109 areas
  • INNOV-PAR 59.8/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • VEL-SURGE +725% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon (±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 The’s 59.8 Innovation Score adds up

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

Innovation-score neighbourhood around The

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 59.8/100 (top 4% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 16.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

The vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 166.5167167.5168168.5 510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon - 168, 13.54Oerlikon Surface…Research Foundation OF THE City University OF NEW York - 168, 15.4Research Foundati…Sanden Corporation - 168, 9.05SandenTechtronic Floor Care Technology Limited - 168, 15.68Techtronic Floor…TracFone Wireless, Inc. - 168, 18.66Tracfone WirelessTribune Broadcasting Company, LLC - 168, 19.73Tribune Broadcast…Xintec Inc. - 168, 17.85XintecAruze Gaming America, Inc. - 167, 9.24Aruze Gaming Amer…The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army - 168, 16.22The Government of…
The vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

How The's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army received 132 grants versus 16 in 2015–2019 (+725% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 31 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 1. Lead class A61K accounts for 13.7% of the portfolio across 109 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon (#2,334) and Aruze Gaming America, Inc. (#2,342).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army moved from 70 to 77 grants (1.10x 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 #960. See the growth leaderboard.

Who files at The's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows The holds 168 patents at rank #2,338, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,338 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), The ranks #978 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

DOW Tray Co., Ltd. 60 Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd. 60 Sunpower Corporation 60 Transform SR Brands LLC 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.2 here).

Campagnolo S.R.L. 16.2 avg Line Plus Corporation 16.2 avg Angel Playing Cards Co., Ltd. 16.2 avg Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation 16.2 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2016 1 0.6%
2019 15 8.9%
2020 24 14.3%
2021 31 18.5%
2022 30 17.9%
2023 23 13.7%
2024 24 14.3%
2025partial year 20 11.9%

Which technologies does The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army patent most?

Top 15 of 109 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

The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 13.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
  • Ranked #2,338 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army against Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 59.8/100 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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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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.