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The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA

Q: Where does The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA ranks #3,639 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 the Administrator of NASA 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 - 101 granted patents across 116 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #3,639 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 101 patents across 116 technology areas.

#3,639
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.6/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3639 · US Federal Government #3,639 · 101 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 101 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,639/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Semikron Elektronik…
CPC-WIDE B64G · 116 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USGOV US Federal Gov
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Semikron Elektronik GMBH & Co. KG (±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 50.6 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 16.0 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (49%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ichikoh Industries · near

51
Nagoya Institute OF… · near

51
RDI · near

51
The United States… · this assignee

51
Thetford · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 50.6/100 (top 13% 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 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 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.

How The's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA received 0 grants versus 101 in 2015–2019 (-100% equal-window velocity, bottom decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 38 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1. Lead class B64G accounts for 10.9% of the portfolio across 116 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Semikron Elektronik GMBH & Co. KG (#3,635) and West Virginia University (#3,643).

Semikron Elektron…

101
Sony OF America

101
Tepha

101
The Radio Flyer

101
Thermo Fisher Sci…

101
Vetco Gray

101
Wahl Clipper

101
West Virginia Uni…

101
The United States… ◀

101

What this shows The holds 101 patents at rank #3,639, 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 #3,639 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64G (Cosmonautics)

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 B64G (Cosmonautics), The ranks #24 of 230 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

RDI Technologies, Inc. 51 Thetford LLC 51 Ichikoh Industries, Ltd. 51 Nagoya Institute OF Technology 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.0 here).

Azur Space Solar Power GmbH 16.0 avg Versalis S.P.A. 16.0 avg Wilson Sporting Goods Co. 16.0 avg THE Texas A&M University System 16.0 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

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 the Administrator of NASA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.0%
2016	1	1.0%
2017	25	24.8%
2018	36	35.6%
2019	38	37.6%

Which technologies does The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA patent most?

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 11

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 10

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 9

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 7

H04B - Transmission 6

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 6

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 5

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 5

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 5

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

Top 15 of 116 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 the Administrator of NASA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA's lead technology class is B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor), 10.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64G
Ranked #3,639 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA against Semikron Elektronik GMBH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.6/100 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

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

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