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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nitricgen, Inc. ranks #36,709 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 Nitricgen, Inc. hold?

Nitricgen, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Nitricgen, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nitricgen, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.5 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Nitricgen, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Nitricgen, Inc.'s patents average 22.7 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 Nitricgen, 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

Nitricgen, Inc.

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

Nitricgen, Inc.'s top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nitricgen ranks #36,709 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 6 technology areas.

#36,709
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.5/100): 22.7
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36709 · US Corporation #36,709 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,709/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nippon OIL
CPC-NARROW B01J · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nippon OIL Corporation (±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
Nitricgen · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nitricgen's Innovation Score is 39.5/100 (top 38% 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 Nitricgen's grants concentrate

Nitricgen, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Nitricgen sits between Nippon OIL Corporation and Nlightning Technology Ltd..

Nitricgen's three-year grant acceleration

Nitricgen, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Nippon OIL

7
Niramai Health An…

7
Nishina Industrial

7
Nisshin Pharma

7
Nitto Belgium

7
Nitto Kasei

7
NLB

7
Nlightning Techno…

7
Nitricgen ◀

7

What this shows Nitricgen holds 7 patents at rank #36,634, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nitricgen

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,634 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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

Nitricgen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nitricgen, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2021	2	28.6%
2024	3	42.9%

Which technologies does Nitricgen, Inc. patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 7

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 7

B01D - Separation 7

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#36,709

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

39.5 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

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

Nitricgen, Inc.'s lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #36,709 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nitricgen, Inc. against Nippon OIL Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.5/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.