Where does NcStar, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NcStar, Inc. ranks #4,730 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 NcStar, Inc. hold?

NcStar, Inc. holds 74 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is NcStar, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

NcStar, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.0 out of 100 (29th 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 NcStar, Inc. focus on?

NcStar, Inc.'s top technology area is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming) with 13 patents, ranking #36 of 307 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

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

NcStar, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -86% 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 NcStar, Inc.'s patents?

NcStar, Inc.'s patents average 4.4 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 NcStar, 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

NcStar, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 74 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ncstar ranks #4,730 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 74 patents across 10 technology areas.

#4,730
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.0/100): 4.4
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4730 · US Corporation #4,730 · 74 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 74 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,730/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Luigi Lavazza S p A
CPC-FOCUS F41G · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. (±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 Ncstar’s 29.0 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 14.9 pts (51%) Velocity 0.3 pts (1%) Breadth 11.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 2.6 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aurora Spine · near

29
Micron Devices · near

29
Henke-Sass Wolf · near

29
NcStar · this assignee

29
Jiao Hsiung Industry · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ncstar's Innovation Score is 29.0/100 (29th 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 Ncstar?

Each dot is one of Ncstar’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). Ncstar’s own 4.4 claims/patent is at or below the 14.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ncstar's grants concentrate

NcStar, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 17.6% of grants classified under F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Ncstar sits between Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. and Remy Technologies, LLC.

Ncstar's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, NcStar, Inc. moved from 22 to 1 grants (0.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Luigi Lavazza S p…

74
Magnolia Medical

74
Molecular Devices

74
Nanning Fulian Fu…

74
Physik Instrument…

74
Pierburg

74
Powerchip Technol…

74
Remy

74
Ncstar ◀

74

What this shows NcStar holds 74 patents at rank #4,730, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NcStar

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,730 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41G (Weapon Sights)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for NcStar, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F41G (Weapon Sights), NcStar ranks #36 of 307 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH 29 Micron Devices LLC 29 Aurora Spine, Inc. 29 Jiao Hsiung Industry Corp. 29

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (4.4 here).

Meyer Intellectual Properties Ltd. 4.4 avg Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc. 4.4 avg Fourstar Group Inc. 4.4 avg Nomis LLC 4.4 avg

Ncstar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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NcStar, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	16.2%
2016	16	21.6%
2017	11	14.9%
2018	12	16.2%
2019	14	18.9%
2020	8	10.8%
2023	1	1.4%

Which technologies does NcStar, Inc. patent most?

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 13

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 6

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 1

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 1

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 1

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 1

Top 10 of 10 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

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

NcStar, Inc.'s lead technology class is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming), 17.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41G
Ranked #4,730 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NcStar, Inc. against Luigi Lavazza S.p.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.0/100 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

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