Where does Operations Technology Development, NEP rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Operations Technology Development, NEP ranks #32,750 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 Operations Technology Development, NEP hold?

Operations Technology Development, NEP holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2023, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Operations Technology Development, NEP's Innovation Score?

Operations Technology Development, NEP has an Innovation Score of 32.3 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Operations Technology Development, NEP's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Operations Technology Development, NEP's recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Operations Technology Development, NEP's patents?

Operations Technology Development, NEP's patents average 17.1 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 Operations Technology Development, NEP 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

Operations Technology Development, NEP

Q: What technology areas does Operations Technology Development, NEP focus on?

Operations Technology Development, NEP's top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 6 patents, ranking #355 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Operations ranks #32,750 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 11 technology areas.

#32,750
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.3/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32750 · US Corporation #32,750 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,750/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH OP Bio Factory
CPC-FOCUS F16L · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: OP Bio Factory 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 Operations’s 32.3 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 7.6 pts (24%) Velocity 2.7 pts (8%) Breadth 11.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Operations's Innovation Score is 32.3/100 (41st 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 Operations?

Each dot is one of Operations’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). Operations’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Operations's grants concentrate

Operations Technology Development, NEP is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Operations sits between OP Bio Factory Co., Ltd. and OPë, LLC.

Operations's three-year grant acceleration

Operations Technology Development, NEP shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

OP Bio Factory

8
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8
Openlane

8
Operation Technol…

8
Opgal Optronic In…

8
Optical Engines

8
Optovue

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OPë

8
Operations Techno… ◀

8

What this shows Operations holds 8 patents at rank #32,715, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Operations

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,715 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

Operations's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2023

Grants by year

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

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Operations Technology Development, NEP patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	12.5%
2020	4	50.0%
2021	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%
2023	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Operations Technology Development, NEP patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 6

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 4

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 3

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 2

F17D - Pipe-line SYSTEMS; Pipe-lines 1

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Operations Technology Development, NEP's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Operations Technology Development, NEP's lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #32,750 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Operations Technology Development, NEP against OP Bio Factory Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.3/100 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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