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Northrop GrummanPatent pace

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION's patent output is accelerating: 76 grants in the past year, 9 in the past 30 days.

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Source

patents.google.comOct 27, 2026

Detail

Over the past year NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION received 76 US patent grants, concentrated in signal transmission and electrical connectors; the recent pace (21 in 90 days) is accelerating versus its trailing baseline.

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Signal
Patent pace

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Grants, 12 months
76
Grants, 90 days
21
Grants, 30 days
9
Pace
Accelerating
Event date
Oct 27, 2026

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Details

USPTO assignee
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Grants 60d
13
Grants 180d
41
Unique inventors: 90d
53
Unique inventors: 365d
189
Grant velocity ratio
1.44
Primary CPC subclass
B32B

Topics and mentions

Top technology areas

  • signal transmission
  • electrical connectors
  • PCB / electronics packaging

Extraction

Detected
Oct 30, 2026
signal_type
patents-company
signal_subtype
portfolioVelocity

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