Where does Novell, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Novell, Inc. ranks #3,742 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 Novell, Inc. hold?

Novell, Inc. holds 97 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Novell, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Novell, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.8 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Novell, Inc. focus on?

Novell, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 76 patents. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

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

Novell, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -99% 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 Novell, Inc.'s patents?

Novell, Inc.'s patents average 16.6 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 Novell, 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

Novell, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 97 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Novell ranks #3,742 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 97 patents across 8 technology areas.

#3,742
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.8/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: -99%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3742 · US Corporation #3,742 · 97 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 97 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,742/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mobile Technology
CPC-NARROW G06F · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -99% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mobile Technology Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cognitive Scale · near

36
Longitude Licensing · near

36
Novell · this assignee

36
Plano Molding · near

36
Signal Trust for… · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Novell's Innovation Score is 35.8/100 (top 48% 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.

Where Novell's grants concentrate

Novell, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 78.4% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (54 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Novell sits between Mobile Technology Corporation and Rockwool International A/S.

Mobile Technology

97
Nuvasive Speciali…

97
New York Air Brake

97
Niantic

97
Orcam

97
Packsize

97
Passivelogic

97
Rockwool Internat…

97
Novell ◀

97

What this shows Novell holds 97 patents at rank #3,742, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Novell

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,742 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Novell, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Longitude Licensing Limited 36 Plano Molding Company, LLC 36 Cognitive Scale, Inc. 36 Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation 36

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.6 here).

Idemia France 16.6 avg Acumed LLC 16.6 avg Thermo Finnigan LLC 16.6 avg Alfa Laval Corporate AB 16.6 avg

Novell's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Novell, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	54	55.7%
2016	37	38.1%
2017	5	5.2%
2020	1	1.0%

Which technologies does Novell, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 76

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 55

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 14

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,742

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Novell, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 78.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #3,742 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Novell, Inc. against Mobile Technology Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.8/100 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.