Where does NGCodec Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NGCodec Inc. ranks #41,944 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 NGCodec Inc. hold?

NGCodec Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is NGCodec Inc.'s Innovation Score?

NGCodec Inc. has an Innovation Score of 20.7 out of 100 (7th 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 NGCodec Inc. focus on?

NGCodec Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 6 patents, ranking #1,879 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is NGCodec Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NGCodec Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for NGCodec Inc.'s patents?

NGCodec Inc.'s patents average 11.5 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 NGCodec 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

NGCodec Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 4 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ngcodec ranks #41,944 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 4 technology areas.

#41,944
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.7/100): 11.5
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41944 · US Corporation #41,944 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,944/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nexalin Technology
CPC-NARROW H04N · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nexalin Technology, 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 Ngcodec’s 20.7 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 (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (34%) Claim depth 6.9 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NGCodec · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ngcodec's Innovation Score is 20.7/100 (7th 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 Ngcodec?

Each dot is one of Ngcodec’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). Ngcodec’s own 11.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ngcodec's grants concentrate

NGCodec Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Ngcodec sits between Nexalin Technology, Inc. and Nihon Shokuhin Kako Co., Ltd..

Nexalin Technology

6
Nextkidney

6
Nexus Industries

6
NG Imports

6
NGR

6
Nidec SSB Wind Sy…

6
Nihon Dengyo Kosa…

6
Nihon Shokuhin Ka…

6
Ngcodec ◀

6

What this shows NGCodec holds 6 patents at rank #41,857, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NGCodec

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,857 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Ngcodec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 7th percentile higher than 7% 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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NGCodec Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2018	2	33.3%
2020	2	33.3%
2021	1	16.7%

Which technologies does NGCodec Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 4 of 4 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

NGCodec Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NGCodec Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #41,944 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NGCodec Inc. against Nexalin Technology, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.7/100 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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