Where does Nlightning Technology Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nlightning Technology Ltd. ranks #36,714 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 Nlightning Technology Ltd. hold?

Nlightning Technology Ltd. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Nlightning Technology Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Nlightning Technology Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 28.4 out of 100 (27th 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 Nlightning Technology Ltd. focus on?

Nlightning Technology Ltd.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 4 patents, ranking #4,682 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nlightning Technology Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nlightning Technology Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Nlightning Technology Ltd.'s patents?

Nlightning Technology Ltd.'s patents average 11.1 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 Nlightning Technology Ltd. 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 Foreign Corporation

Nlightning Technology Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nlightning ranks #36,714 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 5 technology areas.

#36,714
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.4/100): 11.1
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36714 · Foreign Corporation #36,714 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,714/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nitricgen
CPC-NARROW H04L · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nitricgen, 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 Nlightning’s 28.4 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 7.2 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (24%) Breadth 7.9 pts (28%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Integrum AB · near

28
Nlightning Technology · this assignee

28
Dtcc Digital (US) · near

28
Milacron · near

28
True Velocity · near

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nlightning's Innovation Score is 28.4/100 (27th 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 Nlightning?

Each dot is one of Nlightning’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). Nlightning’s own 11.1 claims/patent is at or below the 12.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nlightning's grants concentrate

Nlightning Technology Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Nlightning sits between Nitricgen, Inc. and Noble House Group PTY. Ltd..

Nlightning's three-year grant acceleration

Nlightning Technology Ltd. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Nitricgen

7
Nitto Belgium

7
Nitto Kasei

7
NLB

7
NMI Naturwissensc…

7
No-knob

7
NO 59 Institute O…

7
Noble House Group…

7
Nlightning Techno… ◀

7

What this shows Nlightning holds 7 patents at rank #36,638, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nlightning

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,638 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nlightning, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Nlightning ranks #4,682 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (28 here).

Dtcc Digital (US) Inc. 28 Milacron LLC 28 True Velocity, Inc. 28 Integrum AB 28

Nlightning's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nlightning Technology Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	28.6%
2017	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2022	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Nlightning Technology Ltd. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 4

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Nlightning Technology Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nlightning Technology Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #36,714 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nlightning Technology Ltd. against Nitricgen, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.4/100 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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