Where does Nightwing Group, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nightwing Group, LLC ranks #41,950 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 Nightwing Group, LLC hold?

Nightwing Group, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2024 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Nightwing Group, LLC's Innovation Score?

Nightwing Group, LLC has an Innovation Score of 39.7 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nightwing Group, LLC focus on?

Nightwing Group, LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 5 patents, ranking #6,197 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nightwing Group, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Nightwing Group, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Nightwing Group, LLC's patents?

Nightwing Group, LLC's patents average 21.0 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 Nightwing Group, 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

Nightwing Group, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2024–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nightwing ranks #41,950 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 4 technology areas.

#41,950
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.7/100): 21.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41950 · US Corporation #41,950 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,950/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nexus
CPC-NARROW G06F · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2024–2025 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nexus Technologies, 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 Nightwing’s 39.7 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 (17%) Velocity 13.3 pts (34%) Breadth 7.1 pts (18%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Nightwing Group · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nightwing's Innovation Score is 39.7/100 (top 37% 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 Nightwing?

Each dot is one of Nightwing’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). Nightwing’s own 21.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nightwing's grants concentrate

Nightwing Group, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). By volume, Nightwing sits between Nexus Technologies, Inc. and Nine Medical, Inc..

Nightwing's three-year grant acceleration

Nightwing Group, LLC shows 2 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.

Nexus

6
Nico IP

6
Nielsen & Bainbri…

6
Nienstedt

6
Nikko-materials

6
Nilar Internation…

6
Nima Labs

6
Nine Medical

6
Nightwing Group ◀

6

What this shows Nightwing holds 6 patents at rank #41,991, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nightwing

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,991 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Nightwing's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2024–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2024–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nightwing Group, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2024	2	33.3%
2025partial year	4	66.7%

Which technologies does Nightwing Group, LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 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

Nightwing Group, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nightwing Group, LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #41,950 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nightwing Group, LLC against Nexus Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.7/100 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

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.