Where does NLT Technologies, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NLT Technologies, Ltd. ranks #2,333 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 NLT Technologies, Ltd. hold?

NLT Technologies, Ltd. holds 168 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is NLT Technologies, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

NLT Technologies, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 46.1 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is NLT Technologies, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NLT Technologies, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 NLT Technologies, Ltd.'s patents?

NLT Technologies, Ltd.'s patents average 12.0 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 NLT Technologies, 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

NLT Technologies, Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does NLT Technologies, Ltd. focus on?

NLT Technologies, Ltd.'s top technology area is G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters) with 76 patents, ranking #66 of 1,354 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 168 granted patents across 36 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NLT ranks #2,333 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 168 patents across 36 technology areas.

#2,333
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (46.1/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2333 · Foreign Corporation #2,333 · 168 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 168 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,333/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ingersoll-Rand…
CPC-FOCUS G02F · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., 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 NLT’s 46.1 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 17.7 pts (38%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 21.2 pts (46%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AIT Austrian… · near

46
Biocompatibles UK · near

46
NLT · this assignee

46
Saint-gobain… · near

46
Terumo Cardiovascula… · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NLT's Innovation Score is 46.1/100 (top 22% 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 NLT?

Each dot is one of NLT’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). NLT’s own 12.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where NLT's grants concentrate

NLT Technologies, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 45.2% of grants classified under G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (42 grants) versus a trough of 20 in 2019. By volume, NLT sits between Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc. and Sanden Corporation.

Ingersoll-rand In…

168
Intellectual Vent…

168
Korea Research In…

168
Magna Exteriors

168
Netronome Systems

168
Oerlikon Surface…

168
Research Foundati…

168
Sanden

168
NLT ◀

168

What this shows NLT holds 168 patents at rank #2,332, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NLT

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,332 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for NLT, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light…), NLT ranks #66 of 1,354 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Biocompatibles UK Limited 46 AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH 46 Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation 46 Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Rencol Limited 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.0 here).

Foundation for Research and Business, Seoul National University of Science and Technology 12.0 avg Gema Switzerland GMBH 12.0 avg Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited 12.0 avg NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd. 12.0 avg

NLT's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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NLT Technologies, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	42	25.0%
2016	41	24.4%
2017	26	15.5%
2018	39	23.2%
2019	20	11.9%

Which technologies does NLT Technologies, Ltd. patent most?

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 76

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 59

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 33

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 32

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 25

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 23

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 9

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 8

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 6

G11C - Static Stores 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

Top 15 of 36 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

NLT Technologies, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NLT Technologies, Ltd.'s lead technology class is G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica), 45.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02F
Ranked #2,333 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NLT Technologies, Ltd. against Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.1/100 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.

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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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