Where does NB Ventures, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NB Ventures, Inc. ranks #14,157 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 NB Ventures, Inc. hold?

NB Ventures, Inc. holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is NB Ventures, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

NB Ventures, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 55.0 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does NB Ventures, Inc. focus on?

NB Ventures, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 19 patents, ranking #2,171 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is NB Ventures, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for NB Ventures, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for NB Ventures, Inc.'s patents?

NB Ventures, Inc.'s patents average 29.3 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 NB Ventures, Inc. 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

NB Ventures, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NB ranks #14,157 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 7 technology areas.

#14,157
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.0/100): 29.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14157 · US Corporation #14,157 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,157/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH N2 Imaging Systems
CPC-NARROW G06F · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 29.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: N2 Imaging Systems, LLC (±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 NB’s 55.0 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 10.7 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (36%) Breadth 9.4 pts (17%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NB Ventures · this assignee

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NB's Innovation Score is 55.0/100 (top 7% 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 NB?

Each dot is one of NB’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). NB’s own 29.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where NB's grants concentrate

NB Ventures, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 90.5% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (9 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2022. By volume, NB sits between N2 Imaging Systems, LLC and Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd..

NB's three-year grant acceleration

NB Ventures, Inc. shows 19 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

N2 Imaging Systems

21
Namlab Ggmbh

21
National Center F…

21
National Machine

21
NCC Nano

21
Newvoicemedia

21
Nicor

21
Niko Semiconductor

21
NB Ventures ◀

21

What this shows NB holds 21 patents at rank #14,154, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NB

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,154 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

NB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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NB Ventures, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	3	14.3%
2023	9	42.9%
2024	7	33.3%
2025partial year	2	9.5%

Which technologies does NB Ventures, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 19

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 17

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 14

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

NB Ventures, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NB Ventures, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 90.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #14,157 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NB Ventures, Inc. against N2 Imaging Systems, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.0/100 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

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.