Where does Gardner Denver Nash LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gardner Denver Nash LLC ranks #35,437 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 Gardner Denver Nash LLC hold?

Gardner Denver Nash LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Gardner Denver Nash LLC's Innovation Score?

Gardner Denver Nash LLC has an Innovation Score of 28.7 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Gardner Denver Nash LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gardner Denver Nash LLC's recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Gardner Denver Nash LLC's patents?

Gardner Denver Nash LLC's patents average 16.4 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 Gardner Denver Nash 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

Gardner Denver Nash LLC

Q: What technology areas does Gardner Denver Nash LLC focus on?

Gardner Denver Nash LLC's top technology area is F04C (Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps) with 7 patents, ranking #95 of 587 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: F04C (Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gardner ranks #35,437 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 2 technology areas.

#35,437
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.7/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35437 · US Corporation #35,437 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,437/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Galatech
CPC-NARROW F04C · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Galatech, 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 Gardner’s 28.7 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 7.2 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (23%) Breadth 5.0 pts (17%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Gardner Denver Nash · this assignee

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What this shows Gardner's Innovation Score is 28.7/100 (28th 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 Gardner?

Each dot is one of Gardner’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). Gardner’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Gardner's grants concentrate

Gardner Denver Nash LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F04C (Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Gardner sits between Galatech, Inc. and GAS Activated Systems, Inc..

Gardner's three-year grant acceleration

Gardner Denver Nash LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Galatech

7
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Galileo Wheel

7
Gameface Labs

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What this shows Gardner holds 7 patents at rank #35,422, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gardner

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,422 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04C (Rotary-piston)

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

Gardner's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Gardner Denver Nash LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	3	42.9%
2022	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Gardner Denver Nash LLC patent most?

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

Top 2 of 2 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

Gardner Denver Nash LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gardner Denver Nash LLC's lead technology class is F04C (Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04C
Ranked #35,437 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gardner Denver Nash LLC against Galatech, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.7/100 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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