Where does Nedelco, Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nedelco, Incorporated ranks #41,891 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 Nedelco, Incorporated hold?

Nedelco, Incorporated holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Nedelco, Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Nedelco, Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 28.0 out of 100 (26th 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 Nedelco, Incorporated focus on?

Nedelco, Incorporated's top technology area is H04M (Telephonic Communication) with 4 patents, ranking #923 of 2,488 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nedelco, Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nedelco, Incorporated's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Nedelco, Incorporated's patents?

Nedelco, Incorporated's patents average 18.8 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 Nedelco, Incorporated 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

Nedelco, Incorporated

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: H04M (Telephonic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nedelco ranks #41,891 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 8 technology areas.

#41,891
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.0/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41891 · US Corporation #41,891 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,891/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NCI Group
CPC-NARROW H04M · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NCI Group, 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 Nedelco’s 28.0 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 6.7 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (40%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Nedelco Incorporated · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Nedelco's Innovation Score is 28.0/100 (26th 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 Nedelco?

Each dot is one of Nedelco’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). Nedelco’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nedelco's grants concentrate

Nedelco, Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under H04M (Telephonic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Nedelco sits between NCI Group, Inc. and Neolight LLC.

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What this shows Nedelco holds 6 patents at rank #41,834, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nedelco

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,834 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04M (Telephonic Communication)

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

Nedelco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nedelco, Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	33.3%
2017	2	33.3%
2019	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Nedelco, Incorporated patent most?

H04M - Telephonic Communication 4

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Nedelco, Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nedelco, Incorporated's lead technology class is H04M (Telephonic Communication), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04M
Ranked #41,891 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nedelco, Incorporated against NCI Group, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.0/100 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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