Where does Nook Digital, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nook Digital, LLC ranks #7,054 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 Nook Digital, LLC hold?

Nook Digital, LLC holds 47 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Nook Digital, LLC's Innovation Score?

Nook Digital, LLC has an Innovation Score of 41.0 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nook Digital, LLC focus on?

Nook Digital, LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 38 patents, ranking #1,223 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nook Digital, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nook Digital, LLC's recent grant velocity is -88% 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 Nook Digital, LLC's patents?

Nook Digital, LLC's patents average 17.9 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 Nook Digital, LLC 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

Nook Digital, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 47 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nook ranks #7,054 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 47 patents across 19 technology areas.

#7,054
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.0/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: -88%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7054 · US Corporation #7,054 · 47 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 47 grants
UPPER-Q #7,054/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mettler-Toledo…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -88% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) 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 Nook’s 41.0 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 13.4 pts (33%) Velocity 1.5 pts (4%) Breadth 15.4 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
JCM American · near

41
Nook Digital · this assignee

41
Profil Verbindungste… · near

41
Shenzhen Verdewell… · near

41
Tokushima University · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nook's Innovation Score is 41.0/100 (top 34% 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 Nook?

Each dot is one of Nook’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). Nook’s own 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nook's grants concentrate

Nook Digital, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 80.9% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Nook sits between Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Nextiva, Inc..

Nook's three-year grant acceleration

Nook Digital, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Mettler-toledo In…

47
Mevion Medical Sy…

47
Microchip Technol…

47
Neuboron Medtech

47
Nuovo Pignone SPA

47
Nankai University

47
National Institut…

47
Nextiva

47
Nook Digital ◀

47

What this shows Nook holds 47 patents at rank #7,050, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nook

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,050 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nook, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Nook ranks #1,223 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Profil Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG 41 JCM American Corporation 41 Tokushima University 41 Shenzhen Verdewell Technology Limited 41

Nook's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Nook Digital, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	17.0%
2016	11	23.4%
2017	8	17.0%
2018	9	19.1%
2019	6	12.8%
2020	1	2.1%
2021	2	4.3%
2023	2	4.3%

Which technologies does Nook Digital, LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 38

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 3

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 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

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

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 2

Top 15 of 19 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

Nook Digital, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nook Digital, LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 80.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #7,054 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nook Digital, LLC against Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.0/100 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

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.