Where does National Dentex, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), National Dentex, LLC ranks #9,089 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 National Dentex, LLC hold?

National Dentex, LLC holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is National Dentex, LLC's Innovation Score?

National Dentex, LLC has an Innovation Score of 41.0 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does National Dentex, LLC focus on?

National Dentex, LLC's top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 33 patents, ranking #27 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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

National Dentex, LLC's recent grant velocity is +213% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

National Dentex, LLC's patents average 17.8 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 National Dentex, 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

National Dentex, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #9,089 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 5 technology areas.

#9,089
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.0/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: +213%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9089 · US Corporation #9,089 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,089/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Meta View
CPC-NARROW A61C · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +213% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Meta View, Inc. (±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 National’s 41.0 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 12.4 pts (30%) Velocity 10.0 pts (24%) Breadth 7.9 pts (19%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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National Dentex · this assignee

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Reckitt Benckiser · near

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Shanghai Ninth… · near

41
Tesseract Ventures · near

41
Xenon Pharmaceuticals · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows National's Innovation Score is 41.0/100 (top 34% 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 National?

Each dot is one of National’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). National’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where National's grants concentrate

National Dentex, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 94.3% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (8 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2017. By volume, National sits between Meta View, Inc. and Neuwave Medical, Inc..

National's three-year grant acceleration

National Dentex, LLC shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Meta View

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Nanjing Agricultu…

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Nanjing Universit…

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National Institut…

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NCR Atleos

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Ncsoft

35
Neuwave Medical

35
National Dentex ◀

35

What this shows National holds 35 patents at rank #9,087, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near National

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,087 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for National, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61C (Dentistry), National ranks #27 of 546 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Tesseract Ventures, LLC 41 Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. 41 Reckitt Benckiser LLC 41 Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine 41

National's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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National Dentex, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	8.6%
2019	5	14.3%
2020	3	8.6%
2021	4	11.4%
2022	7	20.0%
2023	8	22.9%
2024	3	8.6%
2025partial year	2	5.7%

Which technologies does National Dentex, LLC patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 33

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

Top 5 of 5 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

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

National Dentex, LLC's lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 94.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #9,089 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare National Dentex, LLC against Meta View, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.0/100 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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