Where does The Neilsen Company (US), LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Neilsen Company (US), LLC ranks #37,910 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 The Neilsen Company (US), LLC hold?

The Neilsen Company (US), LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is The Neilsen Company (US), LLC's Innovation Score?

The Neilsen Company (US), LLC has an Innovation Score of 32.8 out of 100 (43rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does The Neilsen Company (US), LLC focus on?

The Neilsen Company (US), LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 4 patents, ranking #7,209 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Neilsen Company (US), LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Neilsen Company (US), LLC's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 The Neilsen Company (US), LLC's patents?

The Neilsen Company (US), LLC's patents average 20.4 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 The Neilsen Company (US), LLC 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

The Neilsen Company (US), LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #37,910 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 10 technology areas.

#37,910
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.8/100): 20.4
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37910 · US Corporation #37,910 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,910/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The E3
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The E3 Company, LLC (±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 32.8 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 7.2 pts (22%) Velocity 2.2 pts (7%) Breadth 11.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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The Neilsen (US) · this assignee

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 32.8/100 (43rd percentile 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 20.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 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 Neilsen Company (US), LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, The sits between The E3 Company, LLC and The Safety Network Partnership, LLC.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Neilsen Company (US), LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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What this shows The holds 7 patents at rank #37,962, 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 #37,962 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

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 Neilsen Company (US), LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	28.6%
2017	1	14.3%
2019	2	28.6%
2020	1	14.3%
2023	1	14.3%

Which technologies does The Neilsen Company (US), LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

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 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

H04H - Broadcast Communication 1

Top 10 of 10 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 Neilsen Company (US), LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Neilsen Company (US), LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #37,910 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Neilsen Company (US), LLC against The E3 Company, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.8/100 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

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

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