Where does NPC Robotics Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NPC Robotics Corporation ranks #29,641 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 NPC Robotics Corporation hold?

NPC Robotics Corporation holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is NPC Robotics Corporation's Innovation Score?

NPC Robotics Corporation has an Innovation Score of 34.8 out of 100 (49th 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 NPC Robotics Corporation focus on?

NPC Robotics Corporation's top technology area is Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification) with 7 patents, ranking #1,744 of 9,657 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is NPC Robotics Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NPC Robotics Corporation's recent grant velocity is -40% 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 NPC Robotics Corporation's patents?

NPC Robotics Corporation's patents average 15.3 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 NPC Robotics 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

NPC Robotics Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NPC ranks #29,641 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 14 technology areas.

#29,641
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.8/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29641 · US Corporation #29,641 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,641/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Novation IQ
CPC-FOCUS Y10T · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Novation IQ LLC (±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 NPC’s 34.8 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 8.0 pts (23%) Velocity 4.4 pts (13%) Breadth 13.2 pts (38%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NPC Robotics · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NPC's Innovation Score is 34.8/100 (49th 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 NPC?

Each dot is one of NPC’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). NPC’s own 15.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where NPC's grants concentrate

NPC Robotics Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, NPC sits between Novation IQ LLC and Nu-rise Lda.

NPC's three-year grant acceleration

NPC Robotics Corporation shows 2 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.

Novation IQ

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Novelis Koblenz

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Novogy

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Nowww US Pty

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Nrgtek

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Ntrepid

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Nu-rise Lda

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What this shows NPC holds 9 patents at rank #29,559, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NPC

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,559 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification)

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

NPC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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NPC Robotics Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	22.2%
2018	1	11.1%
2019	2	22.2%
2020	1	11.1%
2023	2	22.2%
2025partial year	1	11.1%

Which technologies does NPC Robotics Corporation patent most?

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 5

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 5

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

F16H - Gearing 2

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 2

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 2

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 1

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

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

Top 14 of 14 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

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

NPC Robotics Corporation's lead technology class is Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y10T
Ranked #29,641 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NPC Robotics Corporation against Novation IQ LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.8/100 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

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