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United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force

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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force ranks #110 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 Secretary of the Air Force 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 - 3,298 granted patents across 390 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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According to USPTO PatentsView, United ranks #110 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 3,298 patents across 390 technology areas.

#110
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.8/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: -30%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R110 · US Federal Government #110 · 3,298 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USGOV · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 3.3K grants
TOP-DECILE #110/49,997
NEAR-PEER Illinois Tool Works
CPC-BROAD G06F · 390 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USGOV US Federal Gov
VEL-DOWN -30% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Illinois Tool Works Inc. (±6 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 66.8 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 28.0 pts (42%) Velocity 6.0 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Allstate Insurance · near

67
Airbus Operations · near

67
Novatek Microelectro… · near

67
United States of… · this assignee

67
OVH · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows United's Innovation Score is 66.8/100 (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 13.0 claims/patent is at or below the 14.8 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 of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force received 1,290 grants versus 1,846 in 2015–2019 (-30% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 400 grants and bottomed in 2020 at 235. Lead class G06F accounts for 7.7% of the portfolio across 390 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Whirlpool Corporation (#106) and Yazaki Corporation (#114).

United's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force moved from 863 to 771 grants (0.89x 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 #1,501. See the growth leaderboard.

Whirlpool

3,434
Seagate Technology

3,383
Boston Scientific…

3,361
Snap

3,345
United States of… ◀

3,298
Illinois Tool Wor…

3,292
Toshiba TEC

3,280
Nippon Telegraph…

3,279
Yazaki

3,264

What this shows United holds 3,298 patents at rank #110, 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 #110 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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 G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), United ranks #252 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Novatek Microelectronics Corp. 67 Airbus Operations Limited 67 OVH 67 Allstate Insurance Company 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.0 here).

E Ink California, LLC 13.0 avg Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. 13.0 avg Contec, LLC 13.0 avg Continental Automotive France 13.0 avg

United's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	400	12.1%
2016	364	11.0%
2017	374	11.3%
2018	364	11.0%
2019	344	10.4%
2020	235	7.1%
2021	284	8.6%
2022	262	7.9%
2023	251	7.6%
2024	258	7.8%
2025partial year	162	4.9%

Which technologies does United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 253

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 252

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 186

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 170

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 165

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 157

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 145

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 144

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 144

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 141

H04B - Transmission 136

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 118

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 116

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 110

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 105

Top 15 of 390 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 of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 7.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #110 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force against Whirlpool Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.8/100 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

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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.