Where does Novachips Canada Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Novachips Canada Inc. ranks #26,997 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 Novachips Canada Inc. hold?

Novachips Canada Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Novachips Canada Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Novachips Canada Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.4 out of 100 (27th 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 Novachips Canada Inc. focus on?

Novachips Canada Inc.'s top technology area is G11C (Static Stores) with 8 patents, ranking #269 of 882 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Novachips Canada Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Novachips Canada Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Novachips Canada Inc.'s patents?

Novachips Canada Inc.'s patents average 16.8 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 Novachips Canada 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 Foreign Corporation

Novachips Canada Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G11C (Static Stores).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Novachips ranks #26,997 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 8 technology areas.

#26,997
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.4/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26997 · Foreign Corporation #26,997 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,997/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Northeast Ohio…
CPC-NARROW G11C · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Northeast Ohio Medical University (±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 Novachips’s 28.4 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 (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Novachips Canada · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Novachips's Innovation Score is 28.4/100 (27th 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 Novachips?

Each dot is one of Novachips’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). Novachips’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Novachips's grants concentrate

Novachips Canada Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under G11C (Static Stores). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Novachips sits between Northeast Ohio Medical University and NuXcel Limited.

Northeast Ohio Me…

10
Nothing Technology

10
Nova Engineering…

10
Nova Wildcat Shur…

10
Novalung

10
Novita Nutrition

10
Nu Mark Innovatio…

10
Nuxcel

10
Novachips Canada ◀

10

What this shows Novachips holds 10 patents at rank #26,997, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Novachips

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,997 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G11C (Static Stores)

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

Novachips's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Novachips Canada Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	70.0%
2016	2	20.0%
2019	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Novachips Canada Inc. patent most?

G11C - Static Stores 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

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 1

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 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

Novachips Canada Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Novachips Canada Inc.'s lead technology class is G11C (Static Stores), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G11C
Ranked #26,997 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Novachips Canada Inc. against Northeast Ohio Medical University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.4/100 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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