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Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC)

NYSE: NOC · Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys · Falls Church, VA · filing with the SEC since 2001
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

3,412 patents granted to the 5 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Northrop Grumman Corp.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
3,412
3,393 utility, 17 design, 2 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
75
Against 65 in 2024 and 101 in 2023
Applications published
1,314
78 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Other special machines57
Measurement51
Semiconductors50
Computer technology43
Basic communication processes42
Telecommunications36
Optics36
Transport34
Digital communication21
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy18
Control12
Surface technology, coating10
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in JP)
1,961 granted
284 published
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1,451 granted
591 published
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
436 published
Northrop Grumman Corporation, a Delaware corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
2 published
Northrop Grumman Corporation its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (1)
NNG INC
Most of its patents print HU; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,512,839Superconducting serial-to-parallel converter systemBasic communication processesNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Dec 30, 202512,510,580Electrometer with radio frequency (RF) tuning waveguideMeasurementNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Dec 9, 202512,494,777Josephson microwave switch with a single select lineBasic communication processesNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Dec 9, 202512,494,770Acoustic resonator filter systemBasic communication processesNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Dec 9, 202512,494,599Silicon flexible connectorsAudio-visual technologyNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Dec 9, 202512,491,689Lay-up forming device and associated components and methodsOther special machinesNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Oct 28, 202512,457,009Radio frequency transmission line system for a multi-thermal environmentTelecommunicationsNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Oct 21, 202512,451,867Acoustic resonator filter bank systemBasic communication processesNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Oct 21, 202512,449,099External hydrostatic pressure-resistant pressure vesselMechanical elementsNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Oct 14, 202512,445,417System and method to communicate using a secure obfuscated networkDigital communicationNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 11, 20252025/0378321EXTREMAL EIGENSTATE DETERMINATION SYSTEMComputer technologyNorthrop Grumman Systems Corporation
Dec 4, 20252025/0373539DIVERSITY ROUTER INCORPORATED IN NETWORK SYSTEMDigital communicationNorthrop Grumman Systems Corporation
Nov 27, 20252025/0361038LATTICED STRUCTURE FOR VIBRATION CONTROL IN DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTSMechanical elementsNorthrop Grumman Systems Corporation
Nov 20, 20252025/0358093DATA ALIGNMENT SYSTEMDigital communicationNorthrop Grumman Systems Corporation
Nov 13, 20252025/0347674SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF LIQUIDSMeasurementNorthrop Grumman Systems Corporation
Nov 13, 20252025/0347494HYBRID PAD SYSTEMOther special machinesNorthrop Grumman Systems Corporation
Nov 13, 20252025/0347493SLING PAD SYSTEMOther special machinesNorthrop Grumman Systems Corporation
Nov 6, 20252025/0340312SPACECRAFT SERVICING DEVICES AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODSTransportNorthrop Grumman Systems Corporation
Oct 30, 20252025/0337212ADIABATICALLY TAPERED DOUBLE PASS FIBER ENDCAPOpticsNorthrop Grumman Systems Corporation
Oct 30, 20252025/0334827SIGNAL PROCESSING WITH OPTICAL RESONATORS AND MODULATION ELEMENTS, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING SUCH PROCESSINGOpticsNorthrop Grumman Systems Corporation
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 17 · Basic communication processes 16 · Measurement 14 · Telecommunications 12 · Semiconductors 12 · Transport 12.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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