Where does United States Department of Energy rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), United States Department of Energy ranks #9,911 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 United States Department of Energy hold?

United States Department of Energy holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 72 technology areas.

What is United States Department of Energy's Innovation Score?

United States Department of Energy has an Innovation Score of 68.2 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is United States Department of Energy's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

United States Department of Energy's recent grant velocity is +425% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for United States Department of Energy's patents?

United States Department of Energy's patents average 18.5 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 United States Department of Energy 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 Federal Government

United States Department of Energy

Q: What technology areas does United States Department of Energy focus on?

United States Department of Energy's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 6 patents, ranking #2,307 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 72 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 72 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, United ranks #9,911 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 72 technology areas.

#9,911
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (68.2/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: +425%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9911 · US Federal Government #9,911 · 32 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USGOV · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,911/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Unifrax I
CPC-WIDE G01N · 72 areas
INNOV-STRONG 68.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USGOV US Federal Gov
VEL-SURGE +425% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Unifrax I 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 United’s 68.2 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 12.1 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (29%) Breadth 25.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (16%)

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What this shows United's Innovation Score is 68.2/100 (top 1% 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 United?

Each dot is one of United’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). United’s own 18.5 claims/patent is at or below the 19.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

United vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

How United's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, United States Department of Energy received 21 grants versus 4 in 2015–2019 (+425% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 7 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1. Lead class G01N accounts for 18.8% of the portfolio across 72 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Unifrax I LLC (#9,909) and Urotronic, Inc. (#9,917).

United's three-year grant acceleration

United States Department of Energy shows 18 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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University OF Sou…

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What this shows United holds 32 patents at rank #9,913, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near United

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,913 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for United, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), United ranks #2,307 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (68 here).

View, Inc. 68 FMC Technologies, Inc. 68 Macom Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. 68 Illumina, Inc. 68

United's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

68 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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

United States Department of Energy patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.1%
2016	1	3.1%
2017	1	3.1%
2019	1	3.1%
2021	3	9.4%
2022	5	15.6%
2023	7	21.9%
2024	6	18.8%
2025partial year	7	21.9%

Which technologies does United States Department of Energy patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 6

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

B01D - Separation 4

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 4

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 3

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 3

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

C22F - Changing THE Physical Structure OF Non-ferrous Metals AND Non-ferrous Alloys 2

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 2

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 2

Top 15 of 72 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

United States Department of Energy's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

United States Department of Energy's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 18.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #9,911 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare United States Department of Energy against Unifrax I LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 68.2/100 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

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

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