Where does Nelson Stud Welding, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nelson Stud Welding, Inc. ranks #36,640 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 Nelson Stud Welding, Inc. hold?

Nelson Stud Welding, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2022, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Nelson Stud Welding, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nelson Stud Welding, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.1 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nelson Stud Welding, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nelson Stud Welding, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Nelson Stud Welding, Inc.'s patents?

Nelson Stud Welding, Inc.'s patents average 18.4 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 Nelson Stud Welding, 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

Nelson Stud Welding, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Nelson Stud Welding, Inc. focus on?

Nelson Stud Welding, Inc.'s top technology area is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam) with 6 patents, ranking #335 of 1,623 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. 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: B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nelson ranks #36,640 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 10 technology areas.

#36,640
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.1/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36640 · US Corporation #36,640 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,640/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NBB Holding
CPC-FOCUS B23K · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NBB Holding AG (±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 Nelson’s 31.1 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 (23%) Velocity 1.7 pts (5%) Breadth 11.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nelson Stud Welding · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nelson's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (37th 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 Nelson?

Each dot is one of Nelson’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). Nelson’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nelson's grants concentrate

Nelson Stud Welding, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Nelson sits between NBB Holding AG and Neurogastrx, Inc..

Nelson's three-year grant acceleration

Nelson Stud Welding, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

NBB Holding

7
NC Brands

7
Neilos S R L

7
Neilsen-kuljian

7
Neothetics

7
Netatmo

7
Netflow Logic

7
Neurogastrx

7
Nelson Stud Weldi… ◀

7

What this shows Nelson holds 7 patents at rank #36,595, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nelson

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,595 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering)

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

Nelson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nelson Stud Welding, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	28.6%
2019	2	28.6%
2021	2	28.6%
2022	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Nelson Stud Welding, Inc. patent most?

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 6

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

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

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

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 1

C22C - Alloys 1

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 1

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Nelson Stud Welding, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nelson Stud Welding, Inc.'s lead technology class is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23K
Ranked #36,640 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nelson Stud Welding, Inc. against NBB Holding AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.1/100 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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