Where does Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC ranks #36,722 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 Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC hold?

Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC's Innovation Score?

Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC has an Innovation Score of 24.9 out of 100 (16th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC's recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC's patents?

Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC's patents average 12.9 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 Noles Intellectual Properties, 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

Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC focus on?

Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC's top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 5 patents, ranking #669 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 8 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Noles ranks #36,722 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 8 technology areas.

#36,722
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 16th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.9/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36722 · US Corporation #36,722 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,722/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nissei
CPC-NARROW E21B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nissei Limited (±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 Noles’s 24.9 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 (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (31%)

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What this shows Noles's Innovation Score is 24.9/100 (16th 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 Noles?

Each dot is one of Noles’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). Noles’s own 12.9 claims/patent is at or below the 14.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Noles's grants concentrate

Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Noles sits between Nissei Limited and Northstar Medical Technologies LLC.

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What this shows Noles holds 7 patents at rank #36,728, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Noles

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,728 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Noles's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 16th percentile higher than 16% 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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Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	2	28.6%
2020	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 5

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 4

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 3

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

B01D - Separation 2

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 1

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC's lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #36,722 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Noles Intellectual Properties, LLC against Nissei Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.9/100 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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