Where does Industrie DE Nora S.P.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Industrie DE Nora S.P.A. ranks #6,791 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 Industrie DE Nora S.P.A. hold?

Industrie DE Nora S.P.A. holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Industrie DE Nora S.P.A.'s Innovation Score?

Industrie DE Nora S.P.A. has an Innovation Score of 36.2 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Industrie DE Nora S.P.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Industrie DE Nora S.P.A.'s recent grant velocity is -47% 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 Industrie DE Nora S.P.A.'s patents?

Industrie DE Nora S.P.A.'s patents average 10.8 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 Industrie DE Nora S.P.A. 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 Foreign Corporation

Industrie DE Nora S.P.A.

Q: What technology areas does Industrie DE Nora S.P.A. focus on?

Industrie DE Nora S.P.A.'s top technology area is C25B (Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor) with 33 patents, ranking #2 of 382 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 49 granted patents across 18 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: C25B (Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Industrie ranks #6,791 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 18 technology areas.

#6,791
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.2/100): 10.8
avg claims per patent: -47%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6791 · Foreign Corporation #6,791 · 49 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,791/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ICE Thermal Harvesting
CPC-FOCUS C25B · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -47% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ICE Thermal Harvesting, 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 Industrie’s 36.2 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 13.5 pts (37%) Velocity 1.2 pts (3%) Breadth 15.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Guangdong Sirui… · near

36
Optimedica · near

36
Industrie DE Nora S… · this assignee

36
Solarflare Communica… · near

36
Volt · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Industrie's Innovation Score is 36.2/100 (top 47% 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 Industrie?

Each dot is one of Industrie’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). Industrie’s own 10.8 claims/patent is at or below the 14.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Industrie's grants concentrate

Industrie DE Nora S.P.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 67.3% of grants classified under C25B (Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Industrie sits between ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC and IPR Licensing, Inc..

Industrie's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Industrie DE Nora S.P.A. moved from 22 to 4 grants (0.18x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

ICE Thermal Harve…

49
Imagineering

49
IMS Gear SE & Kgaa

49
Indena S P A

49
Innolight Technol…

49
Inrix

49
Interactive Games

49
IPR Licensing

49
Industrie DE Nora… ◀

49

What this shows Industrie holds 49 patents at rank #6,790, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Industrie

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,790 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C25B (Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Product…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Industrie, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C25B (Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Product…), Industrie ranks #2 of 382 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Solarflare Communications, Inc. 36 Volt, LLC 36 Guangdong Sirui Optical Co., Ltd. 36 Optimedica Corporation 36

Industrie's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% 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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Industrie DE Nora S.P.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	20.4%
2016	3	6.1%
2017	1	2.0%
2018	6	12.2%
2019	10	20.4%
2020	4	8.2%
2021	8	16.3%
2022	2	4.1%
2023	2	4.1%
2025partial year	3	6.1%

Which technologies does Industrie DE Nora S.P.A. patent most?

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 33

C25C - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic Production, Recovery OR Refining OF METALS; Apparatus Therefor 18

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 16

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 13

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 5

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 5

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 4

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 2

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 2

B01D - Separation 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

C01D - Compounds OF Alkali Metals, i.e. Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, OR Francium 1

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Industrie DE Nora S.P.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Industrie DE Nora S.P.A.'s lead technology class is C25B (Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor), 67.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C25B
Ranked #6,791 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Industrie DE Nora S.P.A. against ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.2/100 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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