Where does Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH ranks #36,725 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 Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH hold?

Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH's Innovation Score?

Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH has an Innovation Score of 37.7 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH's patents?

Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH's patents average 12.0 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 Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH 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 Foreign Corporation

Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH focus on?

Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH's top technology area is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nord-lock ranks #36,725 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 8 technology areas.

#36,725
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.7/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36725 · Foreign Corporation #36,725 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,725/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NO 59 Institute OF…
CPC-NARROW F16B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry (±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
Nord-lock Switzerland · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nord-lock's Innovation Score is 37.7/100 (top 43% 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 Nord-lock's grants concentrate

Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Nord-lock sits between NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry and Northeast Forestry University.

Nord-lock's three-year grant acceleration

Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH shows 4 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.

NO 59 Institute O…

7
Noble House Group…

7
Nohmi Bosai

7
Nomadd Desert Sol…

7
Normalu

7
Normet OY

7
North China Munic…

7
Northeast Forestr…

7
Nord-lock Switzer… ◀

7

What this shows Nord-lock holds 7 patents at rank #36,645, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nord-lock

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,645 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Nord-lock's primary technology class.

Nord-lock's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	28.6%
2024	4	57.1%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH patent most?

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 4

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 4

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 3

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 3

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#36,725

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

37.7 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

Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH's lead technology class is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16B
Ranked #36,725 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH against NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.7/100 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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