Where does Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership ranks #9,260 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 Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership hold?

Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership's Innovation Score?

Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership has an Innovation Score of 38.4 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership focus on?

Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership's top technology area is F16J (Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings) with 24 patents, ranking #29 of 753 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership's patents?

Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership's patents average 9.2 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 Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership 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

Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 22 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: F16J (Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Freudenberg-nok ranks #9,260 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 22 technology areas.

#9,260
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.4/100): 9.2
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9260 · US Corporation #9,260 · 34 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,260/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fiskars Oyj Abp
CPC-FOCUS F16J · 22 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fiskars Oyj Abp (±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 Freudenberg-nok’s 38.4 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 12.3 pts (32%) Velocity 4.0 pts (10%) Breadth 16.6 pts (43%) Claim depth 5.5 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Freudenberg-NOK… · this assignee

38
Ipex · near

38
Lake Products · near

38
LanzaTech New Zealand · near

38
NL Giken Incorporated · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Freudenberg-nok's Innovation Score is 38.4/100 (top 41% 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 Freudenberg-nok?

Each dot is one of Freudenberg-nok’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). Freudenberg-nok’s own 9.2 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Freudenberg-nok's grants concentrate

Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 70.6% of grants classified under F16J (Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Freudenberg-nok sits between Fuding Precision Components (SHENZHEN) Co., Ltd. and Geox S.p.A..

Freudenberg-nok's three-year grant acceleration

Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Fuding Precision…

34
Fujian Xihe Sanit…

34
Fiskars Oyj Abp

34
Fluidigm Canada

34
Fu Da Tong Techno…

34
Furanix B V

34
GE Sensing & Insp…

34
Geox S p A

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Freudenberg-nok G… ◀

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What this shows Freudenberg-NOK holds 34 patents at rank #9,262, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Freudenberg-NOK

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,262 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16J (Pistons)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Freudenberg-NOK's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Freudenberg-NOK, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16J (Pistons), Freudenberg-NOK ranks #29 of 753 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

NL Giken Incorporated 38 Lake Products Limited 38 Ipex Technologies Inc. 38 LanzaTech New Zealand Limited 38

Freudenberg-nok's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% 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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Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.9%
2016	4	11.8%
2017	5	14.7%
2018	4	11.8%
2019	1	2.9%
2020	3	8.8%
2021	6	17.6%
2022	2	5.9%
2023	2	5.9%
2024	2	5.9%
2025partial year	4	11.8%

Which technologies does Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership patent most?

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 24

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 7

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 4

F01L - Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

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

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 1

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 1

B25D - Percussive Tools 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

F16H - Gearing 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership's lead technology class is F16J (Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings), 70.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16J
Ranked #9,260 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership against Fuding Precision Components (SHENZHEN) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.4/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.