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

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army's recent grant velocity is -49% 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 the Secretary of the Army

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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army ranks #381 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 Secretary of the Army 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 - 1,151 granted patents across 281 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #381 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,151 patents across 281 technology areas.

#381
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.9/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent: -49%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R381 · US Federal Government #381 · 1,151 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USGOV · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.2K grants
TOP-DECILE #381/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Analog Devices
CPC-BROAD F42B · 281 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USGOV US Federal Gov
VEL-DROP -49% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Analog Devices, Inc. (±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 61.9 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 24.4 pts (39%) Velocity 3.9 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GE Aviation Systems · near

62
Guandong Ocean… · near

62
ObjectVideo Labs · near

62
Rakuten Mobile · near

62
The United States… · this assignee

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 61.9/100 (top 3% 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 14.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 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 Secretary of the Army received 374 grants versus 738 in 2015–2019 (-49% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 168 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 54. Lead class F42B accounts for 14.3% of the portfolio across 281 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (#377) and Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. (#385).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army moved from 326 to 190 grants (0.58x 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 #2,488. See the growth leaderboard.

Dai Nippon Printi…

1,164
Disco

1,157
Borgwarner

1,156
Analog Devices

1,151
The United States… ◀

1,151
Cypress Semicondu…

1,149
Ciena

1,148
Jvckenwood

1,148
Hitachi Astemo

1,145

What this shows The holds 1,151 patents at rank #381, 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 #381 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F42B (Explosive Charges)

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 F42B (Explosive Charges), The ranks #2 of 331 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

GE Aviation Systems Limited 62 Rakuten Mobile, Inc. 62 ObjectVideo Labs, LLC 62 Guandong Ocean University 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.5 here).

MTU Aero Engines AG 14.5 avg Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC 14.5 avg Leoni Kabel GMBH 14.5 avg Groz-beckert KG 14.5 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	168	14.6%
2016	138	12.0%
2017	143	12.4%
2018	147	12.8%
2019	142	12.3%
2020	103	8.9%
2021	81	7.0%
2022	76	6.6%
2023	60	5.2%
2024	54	4.7%
2025partial year	39	3.4%

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

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 165

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 114

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 70

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 60

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 56

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 53

F42C - Ammunition Fuzes ; Arming OR Safety Means Therefor 52

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 51

C06B - Explosives OR Thermic Compositions ; Manufacture THEREOF; USE OF Single Substances AS Explosives 50

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 47

H04B - Transmission 40

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 39

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 38

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 38

B01D - Separation 36

Top 15 of 281 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 Secretary of the Army's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army's lead technology class is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition), 14.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F42B
Ranked #381 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 Secretary of the Army against Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.9/100 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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