Where does Numecent Holdings, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Numecent Holdings, Inc. ranks #7,450 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 Numecent Holdings, Inc. hold?

Numecent Holdings, Inc. holds 44 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Numecent Holdings, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Numecent Holdings, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.1 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Numecent Holdings, Inc. focus on?

Numecent Holdings, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 42 patents, ranking #747 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Numecent Holdings, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -70% 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 Numecent Holdings, Inc.'s patents?

Numecent Holdings, Inc.'s patents average 17.7 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 Numecent Holdings, 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

Numecent Holdings, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 44 granted patents across 6 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Numecent ranks #7,450 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 44 patents across 6 technology areas.

#7,450
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.1/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -70%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7450 · US Corporation #7,450 · 44 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 44 grants
UPPER-Q #7,450/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nippon Paint…
CPC-NARROW H04L · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -70% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nippon Paint Automotive Coatings 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 Numecent’s 39.1 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 13.1 pts (34%) Velocity 6.7 pts (17%) Breadth 8.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Canrig Drilling… · near

39
Center of Human-Cent… · near

39
GKN Driveline North… · near

39
Numecent Holdings · this assignee

39
Tokai Kogyo · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Numecent's Innovation Score is 39.1/100 (top 39% 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 Numecent?

Each dot is one of Numecent’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). Numecent’s own 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Numecent's grants concentrate

Numecent Holdings, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 95.5% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Numecent sits between Nippon Paint Automotive Coatings Co., Ltd. and PFM Medical GMBH.

Numecent's three-year grant acceleration

Numecent Holdings, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Nippon Paint Auto…

44
Nitto Kohki

44
NTT Communications

44
Novoami B V

44
Omni United (S) P…

44
OTI Lumionics

44
Omniscient Neurot…

44
PFM Medical

44
Numecent Holdings ◀

44

What this shows Numecent holds 44 patents at rank #7,450, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Numecent

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,450 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Numecent, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Numecent ranks #747 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Tokai Kogyo Co., Ltd. 39 GKN Driveline North America, Inc. 39 Center of Human-Centered Interaction for Coexistence 39 Canrig Drilling Technology Ltd. 39

Numecent's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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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Numecent Holdings, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	18.2%
2016	8	18.2%
2017	12	27.3%
2018	3	6.8%
2019	2	4.5%
2020	2	4.5%
2021	2	4.5%
2022	1	2.3%
2023	3	6.8%
2024	2	4.5%
2025partial year	1	2.3%

Which technologies does Numecent Holdings, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 42

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 34

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 6 of 6 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

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

Numecent Holdings, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 95.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #7,450 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Numecent Holdings, Inc. against Nippon Paint Automotive Coatings Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.1/100 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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