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The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

Q: Where does The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy ranks #795 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy 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 - 579 granted patents across 206 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #795 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 579 patents across 206 technology areas.

#795
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.8/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: +429%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R795 · US Federal Government #795 · 579 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USGOV · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 579 grants
TOP-DECILE #795/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Rohr
CPC-BROAD G01N · 206 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USGOV US Federal Gov
VEL-SURGE +429% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rohr, 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 The’s 60.8 Innovation Score adds up

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

Volume 22.0 pts (36%) Velocity 6.5 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ConocoPhillips · near

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Hexagon Technology… · near

61
The Government of… · this assignee

61
University of Surrey · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 60.8/100 (top 3% 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 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 12.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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 of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy received 444 grants versus 84 in 2015–2019 (+429% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 109 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 4. Lead class G01N accounts for 14.2% of the portfolio across 206 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Coloplast A/S (#791) and Oshkosh Corporation (#799).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy moved from 254 to 247 grants (0.97x 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 #1,260. See the growth leaderboard.

Coloplast A/S

581
University of Cen…

581
Compal

580
Rohr

579
The Government of… ◀

579
Evonik Operations

578
Starkey Laborator…

577
King Abdulaziz Un…

576
Oshkosh

576

What this shows The holds 579 patents at rank #795, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #795 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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 G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), The ranks #180 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

ConocoPhillips Company 61 Hexagon Technology Center GMBH 61 General Electric Company Polska SP. Z O.O. 61 University of Surrey 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.3 here).

Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.P.A. 12.3 avg B. Braun Avitum AG 12.3 avg Tata Consultancy Services Limited 12.3 avg THE Glad Products Company 12.3 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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.

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The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	1.7%
2016	7	1.2%
2017	6	1.0%
2018	4	0.7%
2019	57	9.8%
2020	103	17.8%
2021	94	16.2%
2022	83	14.3%
2023	109	18.8%
2024	55	9.5%
2025partial year	51	8.8%

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

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 82

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 54

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 50

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 41

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 40

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 36

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 33

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 29

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 29

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 29

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 29

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 28

H04B - Transmission 26

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 25

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 23

Top 15 of 206 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 of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 14.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #795 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy against Coloplast A/S, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.8/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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