Where does Emerald Energy NW, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Emerald Energy NW, LLC ranks #26,221 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 Emerald Energy NW, LLC hold?

Emerald Energy NW, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Emerald Energy NW, LLC's Innovation Score?

Emerald Energy NW, LLC 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%).

Is Emerald Energy NW, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Emerald Energy NW, LLC's recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Emerald Energy NW, LLC's patents?

Emerald Energy NW, LLC's patents average 18.2 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 Emerald Energy NW, 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

Emerald Energy NW, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Emerald Energy NW, LLC focus on?

Emerald Energy NW, LLC's top technology area is F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems) with 10 patents, ranking #102 of 704 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 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: F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Emerald ranks #26,221 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 14 technology areas.

#26,221
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.1/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26221 · US Corporation #26,221 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,221/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Elite Power Solutions
CPC-FOCUS F25B · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Elite Power Solutions, 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 Emerald’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 8.3 pts (21%) Velocity 6.7 pts (17%) Breadth 13.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Emerald Energy NW · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Emerald'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 Emerald?

Each dot is one of Emerald’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). Emerald’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Emerald's grants concentrate

Emerald Energy NW, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Emerald sits between Elite Power Solutions, LLC and Energy Integration, Inc..

Emerald's three-year grant acceleration

Emerald Energy NW, LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Elite Power Solut…

10
Ellodi Pharmaceut…

10
Elmdene Group

10
Elmo

10
Emprimus

10
Enchroma

10
Endophys Holdings

10
Energy Integration

10
Emerald Energy NW ◀

10

What this shows Emerald holds 10 patents at rank #26,248, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Emerald

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,248 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F25B (Refrigeration Machines)

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

Emerald'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 · 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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Emerald Energy NW, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2022	2	20.0%
2023	2	20.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Emerald Energy NW, LLC patent most?

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 10

F25J - Liquefaction, Solidification OR Separation OF Gases OR Gaseous ; OR Liquefied GASEOUS; Mixtures BY Pressure AND Cold Treatment ; OR BY Bringing Them Into THE Supercritical State 9

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 8

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 4

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 2

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 2

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

B01D - Separation 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

Emerald Energy NW, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Emerald Energy NW, LLC's lead technology class is F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F25B
Ranked #26,221 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Emerald Energy NW, LLC against Elite Power Solutions, LLC, 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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