Where does NGD Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NGD Systems, Inc. ranks #12,590 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 NGD Systems, Inc. hold?

NGD Systems, Inc. holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is NGD Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

NGD Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.5 out of 100 (31st 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 NGD Systems, Inc. focus on?

NGD Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 24 patents, ranking #1,774 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is NGD Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NGD Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -59% 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 NGD Systems, Inc.'s patents?

NGD Systems, Inc.'s patents average 16.0 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 NGD Systems, 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

NGD Systems, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NGD ranks #12,590 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 5 technology areas.

#12,590
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.5/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -59%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12590 · US Corporation #12,590 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
MID-PACK #12,590/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Neusoft Medical…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -59% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd. (±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 NGD’s 29.5 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 11.1 pts (38%) Velocity 0.9 pts (3%) Breadth 7.9 pts (27%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows NGD's Innovation Score is 29.5/100 (31st 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 NGD?

Each dot is one of NGD’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). NGD’s own 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 6.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where NGD's grants concentrate

NGD Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, NGD sits between Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd. and Nostalgia Products LLC.

NGD's three-year grant acceleration

NGD Systems, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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 NGD holds 24 patents at rank #12,582, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NGD

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,582 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

NGD's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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NGD Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	12.5%
2018	4	16.7%
2019	10	41.7%
2020	2	8.3%
2021	3	12.5%
2022	2	8.3%

Which technologies does NGD Systems, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 24

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 8

G11C - Static Stores 5

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

NGD Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NGD Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #12,590 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NGD Systems, Inc. against Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.5/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.