Where does Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC ranks #6,926 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 Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC hold?

Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC holds 48 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC's Innovation Score?

Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC has an Innovation Score of 56.3 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC focus on?

Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC's top technology area is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes) with 22 patents, ranking #75 of 1,090 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

Is Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC's recent grant velocity is +4100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC's patents?

Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC's patents average 14.1 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC

Q: How is the Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, 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 PatentsView assignee record - 48 granted patents across 34 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Neapco ranks #6,926 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 48 patents across 34 technology areas.

#6,926
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.3/100): 14.1
avg claims per patent: +4100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6926 · US Corporation #6,926 · 48 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 48 grants
UPPER-Q #6,926/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Netsia
CPC-FOCUS F16D · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +4100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Netsia, Inc. (±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 Neapco’s 56.3 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 13.4 pts (24%) Velocity 13.8 pts (25%) Breadth 20.6 pts (37%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Illinois Institute… · near

56
Niantic · near

56
Neapco Intellectual… · this assignee

56
Toto · near

56
Upside Foods · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Neapco's Innovation Score is 56.3/100 (top 6% 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 Neapco?

Each dot is one of Neapco’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). Neapco’s own 14.1 claims/patent is at or below the 17.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Neapco's grants concentrate

Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 45.8% of grants classified under F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Neapco sits between Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. and NextVR Inc..

Neapco's three-year grant acceleration

Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC shows 29 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Nippon Chemical I…

48
Nippon Micrometal

48
Noblis

48
Novozymes Bioag A…

48
Netsia

48
Netsuite

48
Neuroderm

48
Nextvr

48
Neapco Intellectu… ◀

48

What this shows Neapco holds 48 patents at rank #6,929, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Neapco

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,929 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting Rotation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Neapco, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting Rotation), Neapco ranks #75 of 1,090 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Upside Foods, Inc. 56 Toto Ltd. 56 Illinois Institute of Technology 56 Niantic, Inc. 56

Neapco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	2.1%
2020	5	10.4%
2021	8	16.7%
2022	16	33.3%
2023	8	16.7%
2024	5	10.4%
2025partial year	5	10.4%

Which technologies does Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC patent most?

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 22

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 18

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 14

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 14

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 11

F16H - Gearing 6

F16N - Lubricating 5

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 5

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 4

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 4

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 3

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 3

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 2

Top 15 of 34 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

Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC's lead technology class is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes), 45.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16D
Ranked #6,926 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC against Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.3/100 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

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