Where does N.P.S. Company, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), N.P.S. Company, LLC ranks #13,586 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 N.P.S. Company, LLC hold?

N.P.S. Company, LLC holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is N.P.S. Company, LLC's Innovation Score?

N.P.S. Company, LLC has an Innovation Score of 45.1 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is N.P.S. Company, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

N.P.S. Company, LLC's recent grant velocity is +850% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for N.P.S. Company, LLC's patents?

N.P.S. Company, LLC's patents average 11.4 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 N.P.S. Company, LLC 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

N.P.S. Company, LLC

Q: What technology areas does N.P.S. Company, LLC focus on?

N.P.S. Company, LLC's top technology area is 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) with 6 patents, ranking #335 of 1,623 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, N.p.s. ranks #13,586 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 18 technology areas.

#13,586
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.1/100): 11.4
avg claims per patent: +850%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13586 · US Corporation #13,586 · 22 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,586/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mitaka Kohki
CPC-FOCUS B23K · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +850% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mitaka Kohki Co., Ltd. (±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 N.p.s.’s 45.1 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 10.8 pts (24%) Velocity 12.4 pts (27%) Breadth 15.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 6.9 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
N P S · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows N.p.s.'s Innovation Score is 45.1/100 (top 24% 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 N.p.s.?

Each dot is one of N.p.s.’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). N.p.s.’s own 11.4 claims/patent is at or below the 14.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where N.p.s.'s grants concentrate

N.P.S. Company, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 27.3% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, N.p.s. sits between Mitaka Kohki Co., Ltd. and Newlight Technologies, Inc..

N.p.s.'s three-year grant acceleration

N.P.S. Company, LLC shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Mitaka Kohki

22
Montana Instrumen…

22
Monteris Medical

22
Motiv Power Syste…

22
National Kaohsiun…

22
NEO Semiconductor

22
Neuroloop

22
Newlight

22
N P S ◀

22

What this shows N.P.S. holds 22 patents at rank #13,564, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NPS

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,564 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering)

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

N.p.s.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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N.P.S. Company, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	4.5%
2019	1	4.5%
2020	4	18.2%
2021	2	9.1%
2022	2	9.1%
2023	2	9.1%
2024	9	40.9%
2025partial year	1	4.5%

Which technologies does N.P.S. Company, LLC patent most?

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 6

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 5

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

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 3

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Top 15 of 18 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

N.P.S. Company, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

N.P.S. Company, LLC's lead technology class is 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), 27.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23K
Ranked #13,586 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare N.P.S. Company, LLC against Mitaka Kohki Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.1/100 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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