Where does NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC ranks #11,370 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 NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC hold?

NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC's Innovation Score?

NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC has an Innovation Score of 41.7 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC focus on?

NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 10 patents, ranking #3,601 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC's recent grant velocity is -92% 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 NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC's patents?

NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC's patents average 20.9 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 NRI R&D Patent Licensing, 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

NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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, NRI ranks #11,370 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 25 technology areas.

#11,370
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.7/100): 20.9
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11370 · US Corporation #11,370 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,370/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NanoSemi
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NanoSemi, Inc. (±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 NRI’s 41.7 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 11.5 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 17.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 12.5 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bayer Animal Health · near

42
Btsr International… · near

42
NRI R&D Patent… · this assignee

42
Richter Gedeon Nyrt · near

42
Terydon · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NRI's Innovation Score is 41.7/100 (top 32% 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 NRI?

Each dot is one of NRI’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). NRI’s own 20.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where NRI's grants concentrate

NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 37% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, NRI sits between NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH and NanoSemi, Inc..

Netzsch-gerätebau

27
Nextronics Engine…

27
Nikon Metrology

27
Northrop Grumman…

27
Nubia Technology

27
Nureva

27
Nuvolo

27
Nanosemi

27
NRI R&D Patent Li… ◀

27

What this shows NRI holds 27 patents at rank #11,362, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NRI

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,362 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for NRI, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), NRI ranks #3,601 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Terydon, Inc. 42 Richter Gedeon Nyrt. 42 Btsr International S.P.A. 42 Bayer Animal Health GmbH 42

NRI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

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

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NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	5	18.5%
2018	8	29.6%
2019	12	44.4%
2020	1	3.7%
2021	1	3.7%

Which technologies does NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

G10H - Electrophonic Musical INSTRUMENTS; Instruments IN Which THE Tones ARE Generated BY Electromechanical Means OR Electronic Generators, OR IN Which THE Tones ARE Synthesised From A Data Store 4

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 2

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

Top 15 of 25 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

NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 37% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #11,370 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC against NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.7/100 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

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