Where does Nora Lighting, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nora Lighting, Inc. ranks #12,141 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 Nora Lighting, Inc. hold?

Nora Lighting, Inc. holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Nora Lighting, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nora Lighting, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 20.6 out of 100 (7th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Nora Lighting, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +56% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Nora Lighting, Inc.'s patents average 2.4 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 Nora Lighting, 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

Nora Lighting, Inc.

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

Nora Lighting, Inc.'s top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 2 patents, ranking #549 of 1,094 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nora ranks #12,141 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 2 technology areas.

#12,141
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.6/100): 2.4
avg claims per patent: +56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12141 · US Corporation #12,141 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,141/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National Coupling
CPC-NARROW F21S · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National Coupling Company, 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.

How Nora’s 20.6 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 11.3 pts (55%) Velocity 2.9 pts (14%) Breadth 5.0 pts (24%) Claim depth 1.5 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gensun Institute OF… · near

21
Nora Lighting · this assignee

21
Sourcing Solutions… · near

21
D6 · near

21
Orange · near

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nora's Innovation Score is 20.6/100 (7th 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 Nora?

Each dot is one of Nora’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). Nora’s own 2.4 claims/patent is at or below the 16.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nora's grants concentrate

Nora Lighting, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 8% of grants classified under F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Nora sits between National Coupling Company, Inc. and OBP Medical Corporation.

Nora's three-year grant acceleration

Nora Lighting, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

National Coupling

25
Naver Business Pl…

25
Nimbus Lakshmi

25
Nono

25
Norma U S Holding

25
Nuvaira

25
OBI Pharma

25
OBP Medical

25
Nora Lighting ◀

25

What this shows Nora holds 25 patents at rank #12,141, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nora

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,141 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nora, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices), Nora ranks #549 of 1,094 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (21 here).

Gensun Institute OF Biomedicine Co., Ltd. 21 Sourcing Solutions International Limited 21 D6 LLC 21 Orange SA 21

Nora's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 7th percentile higher than 7% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Nora Lighting, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	4.0%
2018	2	8.0%
2019	6	24.0%
2020	4	16.0%
2021	4	16.0%
2022	1	4.0%
2023	4	16.0%
2024	1	4.0%
2025partial year	2	8.0%

Which technologies does Nora Lighting, Inc. patent most?

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 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

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Nora Lighting, Inc.'s lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #12,141 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nora Lighting, Inc. against National Coupling Company, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.6/100 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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