Where does Novelis Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Novelis Inc. ranks #2,167 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 Novelis Inc. hold?

Novelis Inc. holds 182 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 66 technology areas.

What is Novelis Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Novelis Inc. has an Innovation Score of 58.5 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Novelis Inc. focus on?

Novelis Inc.'s top technology area is C22C (Alloys) with 74 patents, ranking #18 of 948 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 66 CPC subclasses total.

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

Novelis Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +53% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Novelis Inc.'s patents?

Novelis Inc.'s patents average 16.2 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 Novelis 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

Novelis Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 182 granted patents across 66 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: C22C (Alloys).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Novelis ranks #2,167 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 182 patents across 66 technology areas.

#2,167
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.5/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: +53%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2167 · US Corporation #2,167 · 182 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 182 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,167/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Beijing Qihoo…
CPC-WIDE C22C · 66 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +53% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Beijing Qihoo Techology Company 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 Novelis’s 58.5 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 18.0 pts (31%) Velocity 5.8 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chugai Seiyaku · near

59
Mentor Acquisition One · near

59
Novelis · this assignee

59
Nippon Electric Glass · near

59
Somfy Activites · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Novelis's Innovation Score is 58.5/100 (top 4% 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 Novelis?

Each dot is one of Novelis’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). Novelis’s own 16.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Novelis's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Novelis Inc. received 104 grants versus 68 in 2015–2019 (+53% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 25 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 11. Lead class C22C accounts for 40.7% of the portfolio across 66 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Beijing Qihoo Techology Company Limited (#2,163) and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. (#2,171).

Novelis's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Novelis Inc. moved from 64 to 56 grants (0.88x 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 #1,583. See the growth leaderboard.

Beijing Qihoo Tec…

182
Coopper Tire & Ru…

182
Koenig & Bauer

182
Konica Minolta Bu…

182
Pall

182
TPK Touch Solutio…

182
Toshiba Global Co…

182
Zhejiang Geely Ho…

182
Novelis ◀

182

What this shows Novelis holds 182 patents at rank #2,167, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Novelis

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,167 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C22C (Alloys)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Novelis, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C22C (Alloys), Novelis ranks #18 of 948 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Mentor Acquisition One, LLC 59 Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha 59 Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. 59 Somfy Activites SA 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.2 here).

First Data Corporation 16.2 avg Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. 16.2 avg Newtonoid Technologies, L.L.C. 16.2 avg Southern Research Institute 16.2 avg

Novelis's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Novelis Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	8.2%
2016	14	7.7%
2017	11	6.0%
2018	12	6.6%
2019	16	8.8%
2020	25	13.7%
2021	23	12.6%
2022	14	7.7%
2023	21	11.5%
2024	21	11.5%
2025partial year	10	5.5%

Which technologies does Novelis Inc. patent most?

C22C - Alloys 74

C22F - Changing THE Physical Structure OF Non-ferrous Metals AND Non-ferrous Alloys 72

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 59

B21B - Rolling OF Metal 43

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 34

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 31

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 26

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 25

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 23

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 17

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 15

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 15

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 13

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 13

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

Top 15 of 66 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

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

Novelis Inc.'s lead technology class is C22C (Alloys), 40.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C22C
Ranked #2,167 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Novelis Inc. against Beijing Qihoo Techology Company Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.5/100 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.