Where does Noble Systems Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Noble Systems Corporation ranks #1,954 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 Systems Corporation hold?

Noble Systems Corporation holds 206 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Noble Systems Corporation's Innovation Score?

Noble Systems Corporation has an Innovation Score of 47.3 out of 100 (top 19% 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 Systems Corporation focus on?

Noble Systems Corporation's top technology area is H04M (Telephonic Communication) with 179 patents, ranking #36 of 2,488 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Noble Systems Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Noble Systems Corporation's recent grant velocity is -76% 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 Systems Corporation's patents?

Noble Systems Corporation's patents average 18.9 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 Systems Corporation 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 Systems Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 206 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: H04M (Telephonic Communication).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Noble ranks #1,954 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 206 patents across 21 technology areas.

#1,954
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.3/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: -76%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1954 · US Corporation #1,954 · 206 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 206 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,954/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Daihen
CPC-FOCUS H04M · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -76% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Daihen Corporation (±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 47.3 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 18.4 pts (39%) Velocity 1.3 pts (3%) Breadth 16.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Accton Technology · near

47
Epizyme · near

47
Noble Systems · this assignee

47
Nokia Shanghai Bell · near

47
Stradvision · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Noble's Innovation Score is 47.3/100 (top 19% 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 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.1 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 Systems Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 86.9% of grants classified under H04M (Telephonic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (44 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2022. By volume, Noble sits between Daihen Corporation and Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd..

Noble's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Noble Systems Corporation moved from 62 to 12 grants (0.19x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,100. See the growth leaderboard.

Daihen

206
Kddi

206
Lululemon Athleti…

206
Nissan Chemical

206
Novellus Systems

206
Renishaw

206
Weber-stephen Pro…

206
Yanmar Power Tech…

206
Noble Systems ◀

206

What this shows Noble holds 206 patents at rank #1,954, 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 #1,954 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04M (Telephonic Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Noble, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04M (Telephonic Communication), Noble ranks #36 of 2,488 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Stradvision, Inc. 47 Epizyme, Inc. 47 Accton Technology Corporation 47 Nokia Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd. 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.9 here).

Aurora Labs Ltd. 18.9 avg Elasticsearch B.V. 18.9 avg Wake Forest University Health Sciences 18.9 avg TE Connectivity Services GMBH 18.9 avg

Noble's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Noble Systems Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	32	15.5%
2016	32	15.5%
2017	44	21.4%
2018	24	11.7%
2019	34	16.5%
2020	18	8.7%
2021	10	4.9%
2022	6	2.9%
2023	6	2.9%

Which technologies does Noble Systems Corporation patent most?

H04M - Telephonic Communication 179

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 48

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 44

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 36

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 29

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 28

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 9

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 8

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 7

H04Q - Selecting 6

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 3

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

E03F - SEWERS; Cesspools 2

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 2

Top 15 of 21 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 Systems Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Noble Systems Corporation's lead technology class is H04M (Telephonic Communication), 86.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04M
Ranked #1,954 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Noble Systems Corporation against Daihen Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.3/100 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.