Where does nCap Licensing, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), nCap Licensing, LLC ranks #18,931 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 nCap Licensing, LLC hold?

nCap Licensing, LLC holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is nCap Licensing, LLC's Innovation Score?

nCap Licensing, LLC has an Innovation Score of 40.2 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does nCap Licensing, LLC focus on?

nCap Licensing, LLC's top technology area is H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials) with 11 patents, ranking #280 of 1,637 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

nCap Licensing, LLC's recent grant velocity is +80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

nCap Licensing, LLC's patents average 24.3 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 nCap Licensing, 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

nCap Licensing, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 7 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: H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ncap ranks #18,931 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 7 technology areas.

#18,931
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.2/100): 24.3
avg claims per patent: +80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18931 · US Corporation #18,931 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,931/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH epro
CPC-NARROW H01Q · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: epro 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 ncap’s 40.2 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 9.6 pts (24%) Velocity 6.7 pts (17%) Breadth 9.4 pts (23%) Claim depth 14.6 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
nCap Licensing · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ncap's Innovation Score is 40.2/100 (top 36% 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 ncap?

Each dot is one of ncap’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). ncap’s own 24.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where ncap's grants concentrate

nCap Licensing, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 73.3% of grants classified under H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, ncap sits between epro GmbH and 6sense Insights, Inc..

ncap's three-year grant acceleration

nCap Licensing, LLC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

epro

15
ipek International

15
izotope

15
midiagnostics

15
ncap Licensing ◀

15
1ahead

14
3play Media

14
4D Pharma

14
6sense Insights

14

What this shows nCap holds 15 patents at rank #19,390, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near nCap

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,390 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01Q (Antennas)

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

ncap's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% 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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nCap Licensing, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	6.7%
2018	1	6.7%
2019	3	20.0%
2020	2	13.3%
2021	1	6.7%
2022	2	13.3%
2023	1	6.7%
2024	3	20.0%
2025partial year	1	6.7%

Which technologies does nCap Licensing, LLC patent most?

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

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 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 3

Top 7 of 7 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

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

nCap Licensing, LLC's lead technology class is H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials), 73.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01Q
Ranked #18,931 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare nCap Licensing, LLC against epro GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.2/100 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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