Where does Nautilus, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nautilus, Inc. ranks #3,935 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 Nautilus, Inc. hold?

Nautilus, Inc. holds 92 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Nautilus, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nautilus, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.0 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nautilus, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nautilus, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +4% 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 Nautilus, Inc.'s patents?

Nautilus, Inc.'s patents average 14.0 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 Nautilus, Inc. 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

Nautilus, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Nautilus, Inc. focus on?

Nautilus, Inc.'s top technology area is A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment) with 53 patents. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 92 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nautilus ranks #3,935 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 92 patents across 13 technology areas.

#3,935
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.0/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent: +4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3935 · US Corporation #3,935 · 92 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 92 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,935/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Master Lock
CPC-FOCUS A63B · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Master Lock Company 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Telecommunication… · near

43
Atom Power · near

43
Microchip Technology… · near

43
Nautilus · this assignee

43
Tom Tom Global… · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nautilus's Innovation Score is 43.0/100 (top 29% 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.

Where Nautilus's grants concentrate

Nautilus, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 57.6% of grants classified under A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (21 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Nautilus sits between Master Lock Company LLC and Qlogic Corporation.

Nautilus's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nautilus, Inc. moved from 31 to 29 grants (0.94x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Master Lock

92
Microvision

92
Mongodb

92
Morphotrust USA

92
Nicoventures Hold…

92
Orbital Research

92
Puzhen Life

92
Qlogic

92
Nautilus ◀

92

What this shows Nautilus holds 92 patents at rank #3,935, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nautilus

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,935 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nautilus, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Microchip Technology Germany GmbH 43 Tom Tom Global Content B.V. 43 Atom Power, Inc. 43 Telecommunication Systems, Inc. 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.0 here).

Berry Global, Inc. 14.0 avg LMS Co., Ltd. 14.0 avg Telia Company AB 14.0 avg Faraday & Future Inc. 14.0 avg

Nautilus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Nautilus, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	6.5%
2016	10	10.9%
2017	10	10.9%
2018	6	6.5%
2019	13	14.1%
2020	11	12.0%
2021	7	7.6%
2022	21	22.8%
2023	7	7.6%
2024	1	1.1%

Which technologies does Nautilus, Inc. patent most?

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 53

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 5

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 4

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 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

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,935

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

43.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Nautilus, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nautilus, Inc.'s lead technology class is A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment), 57.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63B
Ranked #3,935 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nautilus, Inc. against Master Lock Company LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.0/100 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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