Where does Nova Engineering Films, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nova Engineering Films, Inc. ranks #26,993 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 Nova Engineering Films, Inc. hold?

Nova Engineering Films, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2024, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Nova Engineering Films, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nova Engineering Films, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.3 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nova Engineering Films, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Nova Engineering Films, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Nova Engineering Films, Inc.'s patents?

Nova Engineering Films, Inc.'s patents average 16.3 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 Nova Engineering Films, Inc. 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

Nova Engineering Films, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Nova Engineering Films, Inc. focus on?

Nova Engineering Films, Inc.'s top technology area is C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General) with 5 patents, ranking #449 of 1,658 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2024. 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: C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nova ranks #26,993 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 13 technology areas.

#26,993
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.3/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26993 · US Corporation #26,993 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,993/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nordic Lights Oy
CPC-FOCUS C23C · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2024 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nordic Lights Oy (±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 Nova’s 35.3 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 8.3 pts (24%) Velocity 4.4 pts (13%) Breadth 12.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nova Engineering Films · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nova's Innovation Score is 35.3/100 (top 50% 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 Nova?

Each dot is one of Nova’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). Nova’s own 16.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nova's grants concentrate

Nova Engineering Films, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Nova sits between Nordic Lights Oy and Novita Nutrition, LLC.

Nova's three-year grant acceleration

Nova Engineering Films, Inc. shows 4 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.

Nordic Lights Oy

10
North Star Techno…

10
Northeast Ohio Me…

10
Nothing Technology

10
Nova Wildcat Shur…

10
Novachips Canada

10
Novalung

10
Novita Nutrition

10
Nova Engineering… ◀

10

What this shows Nova holds 10 patents at rank #26,995, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nova

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,995 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C23C (Coating Metallic Material)

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

Nova's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nova Engineering Films, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	6	60.0%
2023	3	30.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Nova Engineering Films, Inc. patent most?

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 5

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 4

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 3

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 2

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 2

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

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 2

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 2

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Nova Engineering Films, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nova Engineering Films, Inc.'s lead technology class is C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C23C
Ranked #26,993 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nova Engineering Films, Inc. against Nordic Lights Oy, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.3/100 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.