Where does New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc. ranks #41,924 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 New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc. hold?

New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.8 out of 100 (49th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc.'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 New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc.'s patents?

New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc.'s patents average 15.3 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 New Hampshire Ball Bearing, 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

New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc. focus on?

New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc.'s top technology area is F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings) with 6 patents, ranking #189 of 1,334 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 12 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: F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, New ranks #41,924 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 12 technology areas.

#41,924
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.8/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41924 · US Corporation #41,924 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,924/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Never-Search
CPC-FOCUS F16C · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Never-Search, 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 New’s 34.8 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 (19%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 12.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (26%)

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What this shows New's Innovation Score is 34.8/100 (49th 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 New?

Each dot is one of New’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). New’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where New's grants concentrate

New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, New sits between Never-Search, Inc. and NewBio Therapeutics, Inc..

New's three-year grant acceleration

New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

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What this shows New holds 6 patents at rank #41,977, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near New

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,977 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16C (Shafts)

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

New's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% 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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New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	33.3%
2016	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%

Which technologies does New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc. patent most?

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 6

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 2

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 1

Top 12 of 12 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

New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16C
Ranked #41,924 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc. against Never-Search, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.8/100 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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