Where does NCS Multistage Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NCS Multistage Inc. ranks #5,175 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 NCS Multistage Inc. hold?

NCS Multistage Inc. holds 67 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is NCS Multistage Inc.'s Innovation Score?

NCS Multistage Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.7 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is NCS Multistage Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NCS Multistage Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +91% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for NCS Multistage Inc.'s patents?

NCS Multistage Inc.'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 NCS Multistage 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 Foreign Corporation

NCS Multistage Inc.

Q: What technology areas does NCS Multistage Inc. focus on?

NCS Multistage Inc.'s top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 67 patents, ranking #50 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 67 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NCS ranks #5,175 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 67 patents across 6 technology areas.

#5,175
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.7/100): 24.3
avg claims per patent: +91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5175 · Foreign Corporation #5,175 · 67 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 67 grants
UPPER-Q #5,175/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mabuchi Motor
CPC-NARROW E21B · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mabuchi Motor 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 NCS’s 43.7 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 14.6 pts (33%) Velocity 5.9 pts (13%) Breadth 8.7 pts (20%) Claim depth 14.6 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BOS & KG · near

44
ConsumerInfo com · near

44
DR Reddy's Laborator… · near

44
NCS Multistage · this assignee

44
Technoprobe S P A · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NCS's Innovation Score is 43.7/100 (top 27% 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 NCS?

Each dot is one of NCS’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). NCS’s own 24.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where NCS's grants concentrate

NCS Multistage Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, NCS sits between Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd. and Preh GmbH.

NCS's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, NCS Multistage Inc. moved from 27 to 24 grants (0.89x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Mabuchi Motor

67
Minerva Surgical

67
Magna Powertrain

67
Moen Incorporated

67
National Universi…

67
Oncotherapy Scien…

67
Optos

67
Preh

67
NCS Multistage ◀

67

What this shows NCS holds 67 patents at rank #5,174, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NCS

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,174 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for NCS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), NCS ranks #50 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

BOS GMBH & Co. KG 44 Technoprobe S.P.A. 44 DR. Reddy's Laboratories Limited 44 ConsumerInfo.com, Inc. 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.3 here).

ION Geophysical Corporation 24.3 avg Genetec Inc. 24.2 avg Raven Industries, inc. 24.2 avg OrCam Technologies Ltd. 24.2 avg

NCS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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NCS Multistage Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.5%
2016	3	4.5%
2017	1	1.5%
2018	8	11.9%
2019	9	13.4%
2020	7	10.4%
2021	11	16.4%
2022	7	10.4%
2023	9	13.4%
2024	8	11.9%
2025partial year	3	4.5%

Which technologies does NCS Multistage Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 67

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

Top 6 of 6 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

NCS Multistage Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NCS Multistage Inc.'s lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #5,175 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NCS Multistage Inc. against Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.7/100 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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