Where does Novanta Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Novanta Corporation ranks #24,906 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 Novanta Corporation hold?

Novanta Corporation holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Novanta Corporation's Innovation Score?

Novanta Corporation has an Innovation Score of 45.7 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Novanta Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Novanta Corporation's recent grant velocity is +350% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Novanta Corporation's patents?

Novanta Corporation's patents average 16.0 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 Novanta 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

Novanta Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Novanta Corporation focus on?

Novanta Corporation's top technology area is G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 7 patents, ranking #162 of 1,381 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT OT).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Novanta ranks #24,906 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 16 technology areas.

#24,906
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.7/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: +350%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24906 · US Corporation #24,906 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,906/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Northeast Institute…
CPC-FOCUS G01D · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +350% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (±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 Novanta’s 45.7 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 8.6 pts (19%) Velocity 13.3 pts (29%) Breadth 14.1 pts (31%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Novanta · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Novanta's Innovation Score is 45.7/100 (top 23% 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 Novanta?

Each dot is one of Novanta’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). Novanta’s own 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Novanta's grants concentrate

Novanta Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 63.6% of grants classified under G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT OT). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Novanta sits between Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nut Shell LLC.

Novanta's three-year grant acceleration

Novanta Corporation shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Northeast Institu…

11
Northeast Petrole…

11
Norwood Industries

11
Notal Vision

11
Nuclera Nucleics

11
Nuflora Internati…

11
Nuix

11
Nut Shell

11
Novanta ◀

11

What this shows Novanta holds 11 patents at rank #24,902, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Novanta

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,902 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific Variable)

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

Novanta's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Novanta Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	9.1%
2018	1	9.1%
2020	2	18.2%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	2	18.2%
2024	4	36.4%

Which technologies does Novanta Corporation patent most?

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

H04H - Broadcast Communication 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

H04B - Transmission 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Novanta Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Novanta Corporation's lead technology class is G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT OT), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01D
Ranked #24,906 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Novanta Corporation against Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.7/100 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.