Where does Newcastle Innovation Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Newcastle Innovation Limited ranks #21,508 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 Newcastle Innovation Limited hold?

Newcastle Innovation Limited holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Newcastle Innovation Limited's Innovation Score?

Newcastle Innovation Limited has an Innovation Score of 36.3 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Newcastle Innovation Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Newcastle Innovation Limited's recent grant velocity is -70% 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 Newcastle Innovation Limited's patents?

Newcastle Innovation Limited's patents average 16.9 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 Newcastle Innovation Limited 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

Newcastle Innovation Limited

Q: What technology areas does Newcastle Innovation Limited focus on?

Newcastle Innovation Limited's top technology area is B03B (Separating Solid Materials Using Liquids OR Using Pneumatic Tables OR Jigs) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B03B (Separating Solid Materials Using Liquids OR Using Pneumatic Tables OR Jigs).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Newcastle ranks #21,508 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 19 technology areas.

#21,508
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.3/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -70%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21508 · Foreign Corporation #21,508 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,508/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Neato Robotics
CPC-FOCUS B03B · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -70% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Neato Robotics, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Newcastle Innovation · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Newcastle's Innovation Score is 36.3/100 (top 47% 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.

Where Newcastle's grants concentrate

Newcastle Innovation Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 38.5% of grants classified under B03B (Separating Solid Materials Using Liquids OR Using Pneumatic Tables OR Jigs). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Newcastle sits between Neato Robotics, Inc. and Niigon Machines Ltd..

Newcastle's three-year grant acceleration

Newcastle Innovation Limited shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Neato Robotics

13
Netmotion Wireless

13
Network Kinetix

13
NEW Optics

13
Neworld Energy

13
Nicolaas Josef Sc…

13
Nidec Mobility

13
Niigon Machines

13
Newcastle Innovat… ◀

13

What this shows Newcastle holds 13 patents at rank #21,492, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Newcastle

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,492 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B03B (Separating Solid Materials Using Liquids OR Using Pneumat…)

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

Newcastle's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Newcastle Innovation Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	23.1%
2016	3	23.1%
2017	2	15.4%
2019	2	15.4%
2021	2	15.4%
2024	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Newcastle Innovation Limited patent most?

B03B - Separating Solid Materials Using Liquids OR Using Pneumatic Tables OR Jigs 5

B04B - Centrifuges 4

B01D - Separation 4

B03D - FLOTATION; Differential Sedimentation 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

F01K - Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles 2

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

E21F - Safety Devices, Transport, Filling-up, Rescue, Ventilation, OR Draining IN OR OF Mines OR Tunnels 1

F22D - Preheating, OR Accumulating Preheated, Feed-water FOR Steam GENERATION; Feed-water Supply FOR Steam GENERATION; Controlling Water Level FOR Steam GENERATION; Auxiliary Devices FOR Promoting Water Circulation Within Steam Boilers 1

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 1

Top 15 of 19 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,508

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

36.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Newcastle Innovation Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Newcastle Innovation Limited's lead technology class is B03B (Separating Solid Materials Using Liquids OR Using Pneumatic Tables OR Jigs), 38.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B03B
Ranked #21,508 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Newcastle Innovation Limited against Neato Robotics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.3/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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