Where does Nibco Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nibco Inc. ranks #5,614 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 Nibco Inc. hold?

Nibco Inc. holds 61 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Nibco Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nibco Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.8 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Nibco Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +52% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nibco Inc.'s patents?

Nibco Inc.'s patents average 16.7 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 Nibco 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

Nibco Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Nibco Inc. focus on?

Nibco Inc.'s top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 33 patents. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 61 granted patents across 27 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nibco ranks #5,614 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 61 patents across 27 technology areas.

#5,614
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.8/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +52%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5614 · US Corporation #5,614 · 61 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 61 grants
UPPER-Q #5,614/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MacDonald Dettwiler…
CPC-FOCUS F16L · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +52% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Seagen · near

58
Nibco · this assignee

58
North University OF… · near

58
Asana · near

58
Peloton Interactive · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nibco's Innovation Score is 57.8/100 (top 5% 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 Nibco's grants concentrate

Nibco Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 54.1% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Nibco sits between MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc. and NeoMed, Inc..

Nibco's three-year grant acceleration

Nibco Inc. shows 25 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Macdonald Dettwil…

61
Magenta Medical

61
Moxa

61
National Universi…

61
Nico

61
Ningbo Tuotuo Riv…

61
Noxell

61
Neomed

61
Nibco ◀

61

What this shows Nibco holds 61 patents at rank #5,611, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nibco

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,611 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

North University OF China 58 Seagen Inc. 58 Peloton Interactive, Inc. 58 Asana, Inc. 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.7 here).

medmix Switzerland AG 16.7 avg Sealed Air Corporation (US) 16.7 avg Purac Biochem BV 16.7 avg Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. 16.7 avg

Nibco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Nibco Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	8.2%
2016	4	6.6%
2017	6	9.8%
2018	2	3.3%
2019	4	6.6%
2020	4	6.6%
2021	3	4.9%
2022	8	13.1%
2023	7	11.5%
2024	10	16.4%
2025partial year	8	13.1%

Which technologies does Nibco Inc. patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 33

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 30

F24D - Domestic- OR Space-heating Systems, e.g. Central Heating SYSTEMS; Domestic Hot-water Supply SYSTEMS; Elements OR Components Therefor 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 5

B01D - Separation 4

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 4

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 3

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 3

F17D - Pipe-line SYSTEMS; Pipe-lines 3

B03C - Magnetic OR Electrostatic Separation OF Solid Materials From Solid Materials OR FLUIDS; Separation BY High-voltage Electric Fields 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

C22C - Alloys 2

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

Top 15 of 27 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,614

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.8 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

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

Nibco Inc.'s lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 54.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #5,614 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nibco Inc. against MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.8/100 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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