Where does NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd ranks #24,856 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 NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd hold?

NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd's Innovation Score?

NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd has an Innovation Score of 23.5 out of 100 (12th 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 NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd focus on?

NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd's top technology area is E21D (SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; Large Underground Chambers) with 8 patents, ranking #13 of 112 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd's recent grant velocity is -78% 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 NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd's patents?

NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd's patents average 8.6 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 NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd 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 Foreign Corporation

NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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: E21D (SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; Large Underground Chambers).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NCM ranks #24,856 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 6 technology areas.

#24,856
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.5/100): 8.6
avg claims per patent: -78%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24856 · Foreign Corporation #24,856 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,856/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National Institutes…
CPC-NARROW E21D · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -78% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National Institutes OF Health (NIH) (±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 NCM’s 23.5 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 8.6 pts (37%) Velocity 1.1 pts (5%) Breadth 8.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 5.1 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NCM Innovations (PTY) · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NCM's Innovation Score is 23.5/100 (12th 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 NCM?

Each dot is one of NCM’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). NCM’s own 8.6 claims/patent is at or below the 12.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where NCM's grants concentrate

NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under E21D (SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; Large Underground Chambers). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, NCM sits between National Institutes OF Health (NIH) and Neopad Inc..

NCM's three-year grant acceleration

NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd shows 1 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.

National Institut…

11
National Universi…

11
Native Instruments

11
Ncip

11
NDM

11
Neocis

11
Neooto

11
Neopad

11
NCM Innovations (… ◀

11

What this shows NCM holds 11 patents at rank #24,838, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NCM

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,838 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21D (Shafts)

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

NCM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2022

Grants by year

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

View data table

NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	9.1%
2018	3	27.3%
2019	5	45.5%
2020	1	9.1%
2022	1	9.1%

Which technologies does NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd patent most?

E21D - SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; Large Underground Chambers 8

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 2

E21F - Safety Devices, Transport, Filling-up, Rescue, Ventilation, OR Draining IN OR OF Mines OR Tunnels 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd's lead technology class is E21D (SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; Large Underground Chambers), 72.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21D
Ranked #24,856 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NCM Innovations (PTY) Ltd against National Institutes OF Health (NIH), an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.5/100 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.