Where does N3, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), N3, LLC ranks #41,833 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 N3, LLC hold?

N3, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2021, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is N3, LLC's Innovation Score?

N3, LLC has an Innovation Score of 28.4 out of 100 (27th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does N3, LLC focus on?

N3, LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 6 patents, ranking #5,405 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is N3, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for N3, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for N3, LLC's patents?

N3, LLC's patents average 21.7 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 N3, LLC 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 Corporation

N3, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2021. 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, N3 ranks #41,833 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#41,833
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.4/100): 21.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41833 · US Corporation #41,833 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,833/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mühlemann IP
CPC-NARROW G06F · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2021 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mühlemann IP GmbH (±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 N3’s 28.4 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 6.7 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (46%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
N3 · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows N3's Innovation Score is 28.4/100 (27th percentile 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 N3?

Each dot is one of N3’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). N3’s own 21.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

N3 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where N3's grants concentrate

N3, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, N3 sits between Myth Innovations, Inc. and Nanchang O-film Optical Technology Co., Ltd.

Myth Innovations

6
Mühlemann IP

6
N-trig

6
Perricone

6
N82 Tactical

6
Nabel

6
Nagase Integrex

6
Nanchang O-film O…

6
N3 ◀

6

What this shows N3 holds 6 patents at rank #41,807, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near N3

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,807 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in N3's primary technology class.

N3's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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N3, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	33.3%
2021	4	66.7%

Which technologies does N3, LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

H04M - Telephonic Communication 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

Top 6 of 6 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

N3, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

N3, LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #41,833 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare N3, LLC against Myth Innovations, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.4/100 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

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.