Where does The Nielsen Co. (LLC) rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Nielsen Co. (LLC) ranks #33,598 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 Nielsen Co. (LLC) hold?

The Nielsen Co. (LLC) holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is The Nielsen Co. (LLC)'s Innovation Score?

The Nielsen Co. (LLC) has an Innovation Score of 32.2 out of 100 (40th 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 Nielsen Co. (LLC) focus on?

The Nielsen Co. (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 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Nielsen Co. (LLC)'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Nielsen Co. (LLC)'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Nielsen Co. (LLC)'s patents?

The Nielsen Co. (LLC)'s patents average 18.8 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 Nielsen Co. (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 Nielsen Co. (LLC)

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 11 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #33,598 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 11 technology areas.

#33,598
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.2/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33598 · US Corporation #33,598 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,598/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Mitchell Gold
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Mitchell Gold Co. (±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 32.2 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 7.6 pts (24%) Velocity 1.7 pts (5%) Breadth 11.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (35%)

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 32.2/100 (40th 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 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 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 Nielsen Co. (LLC) is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, The sits between The Mitchell Gold Co. and The Regents of the University of New Mexico.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Nielsen Co. (LLC) shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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 8 patents at rank #33,632, 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 #33,632 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)

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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 Nielsen Co. (LLC) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	12.5%
2017	1	12.5%
2019	2	25.0%
2020	2	25.0%
2024	1	12.5%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does The Nielsen Co. (LLC) patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

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

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

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

H04H - Broadcast Communication 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

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

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

Top 11 of 11 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 Nielsen Co. (LLC)'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Nielsen Co. (LLC)'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #33,598 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Nielsen Co. (LLC) against The Mitchell Gold Co., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.2/100 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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