Where does Newport Fab, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Newport Fab, LLC ranks #2,515 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 Newport Fab, LLC hold?

Newport Fab, LLC holds 155 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Newport Fab, LLC's Innovation Score?

Newport Fab, LLC has an Innovation Score of 49.3 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Newport Fab, LLC focus on?

Newport Fab, LLC's top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 84 patents. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is Newport Fab, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Newport Fab, LLC's recent grant velocity is +53% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Newport Fab, LLC's patents?

Newport Fab, LLC's patents average 18.1 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.

How is the Newport Fab, 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Newport Fab, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 155 granted patents across 32 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Newport ranks #2,515 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 155 patents across 32 technology areas.

#2,515
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.3/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: +53%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2515 · US Corporation #2,515 · 155 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 155 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,515/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Berkshire Grey…
CPC-FOCUS H01L · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +53% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, 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
23andMe · near

49
Alps Electric · near

49
National University… · near

49
Neuravi · near

49
Newport Fab · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Newport's Innovation Score is 49.3/100 (top 15% 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 Newport's grants concentrate

Newport Fab, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 54.2% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (49 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2022. By volume, Newport sits between Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc. and Tenneco GmbH.

Newport's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Newport Fab, LLC moved from 91 to 14 grants (0.15x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,135. See the growth leaderboard.

Berkshire Grey Op…

155
Emerson Process M…

155
Genomatica

155
Idemia Identity &…

155
Oce- B V

155
ONO Pharmaceutical

155
Safran Seats USA

155
Tenneco

155
Newport Fab ◀

155

What this shows Newport holds 155 patents at rank #2,515, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Newport

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,515 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Newport, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Alps Electric Co., Ltd. 49 Neuravi Limited 49 23andMe, Inc. 49 National University Corporation Okayama University 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

Signal Pharmaceuticals, LLC 18.1 avg M31 Technology Corporation 18.1 avg Welltec A/S 18.1 avg Commonwealth Scientific AND Industrial Research Organisation 18.1 avg

Newport's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Newport Fab, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	5.8%
2016	10	6.5%
2017	12	7.7%
2018	13	8.4%
2019	15	9.7%
2020	49	31.6%
2021	27	17.4%
2022	4	2.6%
2023	6	3.9%
2024	4	2.6%
2025partial year	6	3.9%

Which technologies does Newport Fab, LLC patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 84

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 65

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 59

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 30

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 11

H03K - Pulse Technique 9

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 9

H04B - Transmission 8

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 6

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

H03F - Amplifiers 5

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 4

G11C - Static Stores 3

Top 15 of 32 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,515

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

49.3 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

Newport Fab, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Newport Fab, LLC's lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 54.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #2,515 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Newport Fab, LLC against Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.3/100 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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