Where does NLU Products, L.L.C. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NLU Products, L.L.C. ranks #23,095 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 NLU Products, L.L.C. hold?

NLU Products, L.L.C. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is NLU Products, L.L.C.'s Innovation Score?

NLU Products, L.L.C. has an Innovation Score of 27.6 out of 100 (24th 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 NLU Products, L.L.C. focus on?

NLU Products, L.L.C.'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 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is NLU Products, L.L.C.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NLU Products, L.L.C.'s recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for NLU Products, L.L.C.'s patents?

NLU Products, L.L.C.'s patents average 10.8 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 NLU Products, L.L.C. 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

NLU Products, L.L.C.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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, NLU ranks #23,095 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 10 technology areas.

#23,095
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.6/100): 10.8
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23095 · US Corporation #23,095 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,095/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nippon Tungsten
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nippon Tungsten 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 NLU’s 27.6 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 8.9 pts (32%) Velocity 1.1 pts (4%) Breadth 11.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NLU Products L L C · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NLU's Innovation Score is 27.6/100 (24th 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 NLU?

Each dot is one of NLU’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). NLU’s own 10.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where NLU's grants concentrate

NLU Products, L.L.C. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 41.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, NLU sits between Nippon Tungsten Co., Ltd. and Northvolt AB.

NLU's three-year grant acceleration

NLU Products, L.L.C. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Nippon Tungsten

12
Nishikawa

12
Nisshinbo Brake

12
NLT Spine

12
Noctrix Health

12
NON Typical

12
Noritake Itron

12
Northvolt AB

12
NLU Products L L C ◀

12

What this shows NLU holds 12 patents at rank #23,052, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NLU

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,052 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

NLU's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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NLU Products, L.L.C. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	16.7%
2017	2	16.7%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	1	8.3%
2020	3	25.0%
2021	2	16.7%
2022	1	8.3%

Which technologies does NLU Products, L.L.C. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

H04B - Transmission 5

H04M - Telephonic Communication 4

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 10 of 10 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

NLU Products, L.L.C.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NLU Products, L.L.C.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 41.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #23,095 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NLU Products, L.L.C. against Nippon Tungsten Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.6/100 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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