Where does Norco Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Norco Industries, Inc. ranks #7,312 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 Norco Industries, Inc. hold?

Norco Industries, Inc. holds 45 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Norco Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Norco Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 49.8 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Norco Industries, Inc. focus on?

Norco Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers) with 14 patents, ranking #189 of 1,368 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

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

Norco Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -32% 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 Norco Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Norco Industries, Inc.'s patents average 16.6 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 Norco Industries, 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

Norco Industries, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 45 granted patents across 25 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: B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Norco ranks #7,312 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 45 patents across 25 technology areas.

#7,312
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.8/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: -32%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7312 · US Corporation #7,312 · 45 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 45 grants
UPPER-Q #7,312/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nellcor Puritan…
CPC-FOCUS B62D · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -32% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nellcor Puritan Bennett Ireland (±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 Norco’s 49.8 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 13.2 pts (27%) Velocity 8.9 pts (18%) Breadth 17.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Concepts Nrec · near

50
Norco Industries · this assignee

50
Pearson Education · near

50
Proton World… · near

50
Universite D'orleans · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Norco's Innovation Score is 49.8/100 (top 14% 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 Norco?

Each dot is one of Norco’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). Norco’s own 16.6 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Norco's grants concentrate

Norco Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 31.1% of grants classified under B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Norco sits between Nellcor Puritan Bennett Ireland and OPower, Inc..

Norco's three-year grant acceleration

Norco Industries, Inc. shows 12 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.

Nellcor Puritan B…

45
Newport

45
Nippon Steel Niss…

45
Nissin ION Equipm…

45
Novaliq

45
Neo Wireless

45
Oneplus Technolog…

45
Opower

45
Norco Industries ◀

45

What this shows Norco holds 45 patents at rank #7,308, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Norco

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,308 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62D (Motor Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Norco, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B62D (Motor Vehicles), Norco ranks #189 of 1,368 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Proton World International N.V. 50 Universite D'orleans 50 Concepts Nrec, LLC 50 Pearson Education, Inc. 50

Norco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% 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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Norco Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	15.6%
2016	3	6.7%
2017	7	15.6%
2018	4	8.9%
2019	4	8.9%
2020	1	2.2%
2021	4	8.9%
2022	1	2.2%
2023	7	15.6%
2024	4	8.9%
2025partial year	3	6.7%

Which technologies does Norco Industries, Inc. patent most?

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 14

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 12

F16H - Gearing 10

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 8

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 4

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 4

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 4

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 3

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

B60D - Vehicle Connections 2

Top 15 of 25 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

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

Norco Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers), 31.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62D
Ranked #7,312 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Norco Industries, Inc. against Nellcor Puritan Bennett Ireland, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.8/100 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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