Where does Norden Machinery AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Norden Machinery AB ranks #32,665 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 Norden Machinery AB hold?

Norden Machinery AB holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Norden Machinery AB's Innovation Score?

Norden Machinery AB has an Innovation Score of 30.0 out of 100 (33rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Norden Machinery AB focus on?

Norden Machinery AB's top technology area is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking) with 5 patents, ranking #271 of 1,343 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Norden Machinery AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Norden Machinery AB's recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Norden Machinery AB's patents?

Norden Machinery AB's patents average 11.8 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 Norden Machinery AB 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

Norden Machinery AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 6 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: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Norden ranks #32,665 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#32,665
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.0/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32665 · Foreign Corporation #32,665 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,665/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nolo
CPC-NARROW B65B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nolo 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 Norden’s 30.0 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 7.6 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (22%) Breadth 8.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Norden Machinery AB · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Norden's Innovation Score is 30.0/100 (33rd 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 Norden?

Each dot is one of Norden’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). Norden’s own 11.8 claims/patent is at or below the 17.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Norden's grants concentrate

Norden Machinery AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Norden sits between Nolo Co., Ltd. and Novatiq Technologies Limited.

Norden's three-year grant acceleration

Norden Machinery AB shows 2 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.

Nolo

8
Nomura Micro Scie…

8
Noodle Analytics

8
Noodle Technology

8
Northeast Normal…

8
Northwest ULD

8
Norwich

8
Novatiq

8
Norden Machinery… ◀

8

What this shows Norden holds 8 patents at rank #32,683, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Norden

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,683 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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

Norden's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% 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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Norden Machinery AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	25.0%
2018	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%
2024	1	12.5%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Norden Machinery AB patent most?

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 5

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 4

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 4

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Norden Machinery AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Norden Machinery AB's lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
Ranked #32,665 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Norden Machinery AB against Nolo Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.0/100 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

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