Is The United States of America, as represented by Secretary of the Navy's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The United States of America, as represented by Secretary of the Navy's recent grant velocity is -70% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Federal Government

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

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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The United States of America, as represented by Secretary of the Navy ranks #2,763 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 United States of America, as represented by 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 - 140 granted patents across 107 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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 #2,763 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 140 patents across 107 technology areas.

#2,763
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.8/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -70%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2763 · US Federal Government #2,763 · 140 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 140 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,763/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kookmin University…
CPC-WIDE G06F · 107 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USGOV US Federal Gov
VEL-DROP -70% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation (±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 51.8 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 17.1 pts (33%) Velocity 0.2 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cariad SE · near

52
The United States… · this assignee

52
Xiamen Lota… · near

52
MannKind · near

52
Singapore Health… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 51.8/100 (top 11% 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 15.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.2 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 United States of America, as represented by Secretary of the Navy received 32 grants versus 108 in 2015–2019 (-70% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 38 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 1. Lead class G06F accounts for 18.6% of the portfolio across 107 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation (#2,759) and Beijing Institute of Technology (#2,767).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The United States of America, as represented by Secretary of the Navy moved from 68 to 2 grants (0.03x 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 #3,255. See the growth leaderboard.

Kookmin Universit…

140
Landa

140
Mattson Technology

140
Reald Spark

140
Xencor

140
The United States… ◀

140
Bar-ilan Universi…

139
Bardy Diagnostics

139
Beijing Institute…

139

What this shows The holds 140 patents at rank #2,763, 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 #2,763 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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 G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), The ranks #1,666 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Xiamen Lota International Co., Ltd. 52 Cariad SE 52 MannKind Corporation 52 Singapore Health Services PTE. Ltd. 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.8 here).

Versum Materials US, LLC 15.8 avg Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH & Co KG 15.8 avg Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. 15.8 avg Children's Hospital Medical Center 15.8 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

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 United States of America, as represented by Secretary of the Navy patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	6.4%
2016	13	9.3%
2017	23	16.4%
2018	25	17.9%
2019	38	27.1%
2020	29	20.7%
2021	1	0.7%
2022	1	0.7%
2024	1	0.7%

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

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 26

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 18

H04B - Transmission 13

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 11

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 9

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 8

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 7

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 7

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 6

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

Top 15 of 107 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 United States of America, as represented by Secretary of the Navy's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The United States of America, as represented by Secretary of the Navy's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 18.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,763 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The United States of America, as represented by Secretary of the Navy against Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.8/100 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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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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