Where does NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc. ranks #17,929 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 NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc. hold?

NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.1 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -40% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s patents?

NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s patents average 15.7 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 NBD Nanotechnologies, 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

NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc. focus on?

NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s top technology area is C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor) with 11 patents, ranking #276 of 1,818 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NBD ranks #17,929 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 11 technology areas.

#17,929
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.1/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17929 · US Corporation #17,929 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,929/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nanchang O-film…
CPC-FOCUS C09D · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanchang O-film Optical-electronic Tech Co., Ltd. (±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 NBD’s 32.1 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 9.8 pts (31%) Velocity 1.2 pts (4%) Breadth 11.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NBD Nanotechnologies · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NBD's Innovation Score is 32.1/100 (40th 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 NBD?

Each dot is one of NBD’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). NBD’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where NBD's grants concentrate

NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 68.8% of grants classified under C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, NBD sits between Nanchang O-film Optical-electronic Tech Co., Ltd. and Neurophet Inc..

NBD's three-year grant acceleration

NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Nanchang O-film O…

16
National Kaohsiun…

16
National Oilwell…

16
Navy Federal Cred…

16
Nbe-therapeutics

16
NEC Laboratories…

16
Netappli

16
Neurophet

16
NBD Nanotechnolog… ◀

16

What this shows NBD holds 16 patents at rank #17,922, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NBD

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,922 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09D (Coating Compositions)

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

NBD's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	6.3%
2017	1	6.3%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	7	43.8%
2020	1	6.3%
2021	3	18.8%
2023	2	12.5%

Which technologies does NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc. patent most?

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 11

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 9

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 9

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 9

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 5

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 5

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 2

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 2

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 1

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 1

B01D - Separation 1

Top 11 of 11 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

NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi), 68.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09D
Ranked #17,929 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc. against Nanchang O-film Optical-electronic Tech Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.1/100 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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