Where does NHS, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NHS, Inc. ranks #32,639 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 NHS, Inc. hold?

NHS, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is NHS, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

NHS, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.9 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does NHS, Inc. focus on?

NHS, Inc.'s top technology area is A63C (SKATES; SKIS; Roller SKATES; Design OR Layout OF Courts, Rinks OR THE Like) with 7 patents, ranking #18 of 125 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for NHS, Inc..

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

NHS, Inc.'s patents average 17.9 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 NHS, 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

NHS, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: A63C (SKATES; SKIS; Roller SKATES; Design OR Layout OF Courts, Rinks OR THE Like).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NHS ranks #32,639 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 1 technology areas.

#32,639
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.9/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32639 · US Corporation #32,639 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,639/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nexgen Semi Holding
CPC-NARROW A63C · 1 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nexgen Semi Holding, 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 NHS’s 41.9 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 7.6 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (48%) Breadth 3.5 pts (8%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NHS · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NHS's Innovation Score is 41.9/100 (top 32% 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 NHS?

Each dot is one of NHS’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). NHS’s own 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where NHS's grants concentrate

NHS, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under A63C (SKATES; SKIS; Roller SKATES; Design OR Layout OF Courts, Rinks OR THE Like). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, NHS sits between Nexgen Semi Holding, Inc. and Nikon Engineering Co., Ltd..

NHS's three-year grant acceleration

NHS, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Nexgen Semi Holdi…

8
Nexkey

8
Nfinity IP

8
Nflection Therape…

8
Nichirei Bioscien…

8
Nida Tech Sweden…

8
Nidec Techno Motor

8
Nikon Engineering

8
NHS ◀

8

What this shows NHS holds 8 patents at rank #32,591, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NHS

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,591 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63C (Skates)

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

NHS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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NHS, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	4	50.0%
2023	1	12.5%
2024	1	12.5%
2025partial year	2	25.0%

Which technologies does NHS, Inc. patent most?

A63C - SKATES; SKIS; Roller SKATES; Design OR Layout OF Courts, Rinks OR THE Like 7

Top 1 of 1 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

NHS, Inc.'s lead technology class is A63C (SKATES; SKIS; Roller SKATES; Design OR Layout OF Courts, Rinks OR THE Like), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63C
Ranked #32,639 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NHS, Inc. against Nexgen Semi Holding, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.9/100 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.