Where does Noble Sensors, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Noble Sensors, LLC ranks #49,147 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 Noble Sensors, LLC hold?

Noble Sensors, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Noble Sensors, LLC's Innovation Score?

Noble Sensors, LLC has an Innovation Score of 24.5 out of 100 (15th 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 Noble Sensors, LLC focus on?

Noble Sensors, LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 5 patents, ranking #3,118 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Noble Sensors, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Noble Sensors, LLC's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Noble Sensors, LLC's patents?

Noble Sensors, LLC's patents average 18.8 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 Noble Sensors, 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

Noble Sensors, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Noble ranks #49,147 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#49,147
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.5/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49147 · US Corporation #49,147 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,147/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NKK Switches
CPC-NARROW A61B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NKK Switches 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 Noble’s 24.5 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 6.2 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (29%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (46%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Noble Sensors · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Noble's Innovation Score is 24.5/100 (15th 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 Noble?

Each dot is one of Noble’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). Noble’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Noble's grants concentrate

Noble Sensors, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). By volume, Noble sits between NKK Switches Co., Ltd. and Nok9 AB.

NKK Switches

5
NLX

5
No-bull Enterpris…

5
Noah Medical

5
Nobotgames

5
Nodexus

5
Noha

5
Nok9 AB

5
Noble Sensors ◀

5

What this shows Noble holds 5 patents at rank #49,053, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Noble

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,053 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Noble's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

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

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Noble Sensors, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Noble Sensors, LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

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 2

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

Noble Sensors, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Noble Sensors, LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #49,147 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Noble Sensors, LLC against NKK Switches Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.5/100 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.