Where does Nalge Nunc International Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nalge Nunc International Corporation ranks #29,536 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 Nalge Nunc International Corporation hold?

Nalge Nunc International Corporation holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Nalge Nunc International Corporation's Innovation Score?

Nalge Nunc International Corporation has an Innovation Score of 26.2 out of 100 (19th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nalge Nunc International Corporation focus on?

Nalge Nunc International Corporation's top technology area is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE) with 3 patents, ranking #582 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nalge Nunc International Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nalge Nunc International Corporation'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 Nalge Nunc International Corporation's patents?

Nalge Nunc International Corporation's patents average 10.4 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 Nalge Nunc International Corporation 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

Nalge Nunc International Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 9 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: B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nalge ranks #29,536 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 9 technology areas.

#29,536
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.2/100): 10.4
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29536 · US Corporation #29,536 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,536/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nagano Automation
CPC-NARROW B01L · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nagano Automation 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 Nalge’s 26.2 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 8.0 pts (31%) Velocity 1.3 pts (5%) Breadth 10.6 pts (40%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Nalge's Innovation Score is 26.2/100 (19th 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 Nalge?

Each dot is one of Nalge’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). Nalge’s own 10.4 claims/patent is at or below the 18.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nalge's grants concentrate

Nalge Nunc International Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Nalge sits between Nuts Holdings, LLC and NanoDX, Inc..

Nalge's three-year grant acceleration

Nalge Nunc International Corporation shows 1 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.

Nuts Holdings

9
NXT Biomedical

9
Nyse American

9
Nagano Automation

9
Nammi Therapeutics

9
Nanjing Zgmicro

9
Nanoal

9
Nanodx

9
Nalge Nunc Intern… ◀

9

What this shows Nalge holds 9 patents at rank #29,569, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nalge

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,569 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE)

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

Nalge's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% 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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Nalge Nunc International Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	11.1%
2017	1	11.1%
2019	2	22.2%
2020	1	11.1%
2021	2	22.2%
2022	1	11.1%
2025partial year	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Nalge Nunc International Corporation patent most?

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 2

B67B - Applying Closure Members TO Bottles Jars, OR Similar CONTAINERS; Opening Closed Containers 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 1

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

Top 9 of 9 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

Nalge Nunc International Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nalge Nunc International Corporation's lead technology class is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01L
Ranked #29,536 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nalge Nunc International Corporation against Nuts Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.2/100 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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