Is United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA's recent grant velocity is +468% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Federal Government

United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA

Q: Where does 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), United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA ranks #866 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 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 - 523 granted patents across 230 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: B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, United ranks #866 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 523 patents across 230 technology areas.

#866
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.8/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: +468%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R866 · US Federal Government #866 · 523 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 523 grants
TOP-DECILE #866/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ELI Lilly AND
CPC-BROAD B64G · 230 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USGOV US Federal Gov
VEL-SURGE +468% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ELI Lilly AND Company (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Clariant International · near

61
DRÄGERWERK & Kgaa · near

61
The Trustees of the… · near

61
Tokitae · near

61
United States of… · this assignee

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows United's Innovation Score is 60.8/100 (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.

How United's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA received 420 grants versus 74 in 2015–2019 (+468% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 125 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 1. Lead class B64G accounts for 12% of the portfolio across 230 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Xiaomi (#862) and Micromass UK Limited (#870).

United's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA moved from 290 to 192 grants (0.66x 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 #2,273. See the growth leaderboard.

Xiaomi

526
Echostar L L C

525
Transportation IP…

524
ELI Lilly AND

523
United States of… ◀

523
China Academy OF…

520
Fresenius Medical…

520
University of Vir…

520
Micromass UK

519

What this shows United holds 523 patents at rank #866, 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 #866 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64G (Cosmonautics)

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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

DRÄGERWERK AG & Co. Kgaa 61 Clariant International Ltd 61 The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology 61 Tokitae LLC 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.2 here).

Gyrus Acmi, Inc. 16.2 avg AIR Products AND Chemicals, Inc. 16.2 avg Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (SINGAPORE) PTE. Ltd. 16.2 avg GoPro, Inc. 16.2 avg

United's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 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.

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United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	1.0%
2016	5	1.0%
2017	1	0.2%
2018	1	0.2%
2019	62	11.9%
2020	125	23.9%
2021	103	19.7%
2022	73	14.0%
2023	66	12.6%
2024	53	10.1%
2025partial year	29	5.5%

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

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 63

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 50

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 34

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 32

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 30

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 30

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 28

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 23

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 23

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 23

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 21

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 21

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 20

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 19

H04B - Transmission 19

Top 15 of 230 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#866

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

60.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA's lead technology class is B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor), 12% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64G
Ranked #866 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
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Innovation Score of 60.8/100 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

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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