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The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security

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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security ranks #11,833 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: Is The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Q: How is the The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security 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 - 26 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #11,833 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 29 technology areas.

#11,833
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (64.9/100): 24.1
avg claims per patent

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Corpus R11833 · US Federal Government #11,833 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USGOV · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,833/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taiyuan University…
CPC-FOCUS G06V · 29 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USGOV US Federal Gov
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taiyuan University of Science and Technology (±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 64.9 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 11.4 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (31%) Breadth 19.0 pts (29%) Claim depth 14.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Samsung SDS · near

65
Minimax Viking… · near

65
Pukyong National… · near

65
The Government of… · this assignee

65
Biontech SE · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 64.9/100 (top 1% 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 24.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.8 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.

Where The's grants concentrate

The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 30.8% of grants classified under G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, The sits between Taiyuan University of Science and Technology and Tropicana Products, Inc..

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Taiyuan Universit…

26
Takazono Technolo…

26
Telescent

26
The Board of Trus…

26
The Prudential In…

26
Torrey Pines Logic

26
Touch Bionics

26
Tropicana Products

26
The Government of… ◀

26

What this shows The holds 26 patents at rank #11,844, 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 #11,844 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding)

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 G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), The ranks #1,106 of 5,108 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Minimax Viking Research & Development GmbH 65 Pukyong National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation 65 Samsung SDS Co., Ltd. 65 Biontech SE 65

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	1	3.8%
2024	13	50.0%
2025partial year	12	46.2%

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

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

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 7

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 3

B41P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Printing, Lining Machines, Typewriters, AND TO Stamps 3

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 3

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

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 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

Top 15 of 29 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, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security's lead technology class is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), 30.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06V
Ranked #11,833 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security against Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.9/100 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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