Where does Nordex Energy GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nordex Energy GmbH ranks #8,886 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 Nordex Energy GmbH hold?

Nordex Energy GmbH holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Nordex Energy GmbH's Innovation Score?

Nordex Energy GmbH has an Innovation Score of 39.6 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nordex Energy GmbH focus on?

Nordex Energy GmbH's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 35 patents, ranking #436 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nordex Energy GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nordex Energy GmbH's recent grant velocity is -56% 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 Nordex Energy GmbH's patents?

Nordex Energy GmbH's patents average 12.7 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 Nordex Energy 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

Nordex Energy GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nordex ranks #8,886 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 28 technology areas.

#8,886
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.6/100): 12.7
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8886 · Foreign Corporation #8,886 · 36 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,886/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National University…
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 28 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National University Corporation Saitama University (±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 Nordex’s 39.6 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 12.5 pts (32%) Velocity 0.8 pts (2%) Breadth 18.7 pts (47%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Blue Force Gear · near

40
Kilopass Technology · near

40
LifeAire Systems · near

40
Nordex Energy · this assignee

40
Solidia · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nordex's Innovation Score is 39.6/100 (top 38% 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 Nordex?

Each dot is one of Nordex’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). Nordex’s own 12.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nordex's grants concentrate

Nordex Energy GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 97.2% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Nordex sits between Nidec Servo Corporation and Oversec, UAB.

Nordex's three-year grant acceleration

Nordex Energy GmbH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Nidec Servo

36
National Universi…

36
Neocific

36
Nile Global

36
Oledworks

36
Omniome

36
Oracle Financial…

36
Oversec UAB

36
Nordex Energy ◀

36

What this shows Nordex holds 36 patents at rank #8,885, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nordex

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,885 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nordex, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), Nordex ranks #436 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Kilopass Technology, Inc. 40 Solidia Technologies, Inc. 40 Blue Force Gear, Inc. 40 LifeAire Systems, LLC 40

Nordex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Nordex Energy GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	11.1%
2016	5	13.9%
2017	5	13.9%
2018	3	8.3%
2019	8	22.2%
2020	8	22.2%
2021	1	2.8%
2022	2	5.6%

Which technologies does Nordex Energy GmbH patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 35

F03D - Wind Motors 35

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 27

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 11

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 5

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 4

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 3

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 1

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 1

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 1

Top 15 of 28 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

Nordex Energy GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nordex Energy GmbH's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 97.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #8,886 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nordex Energy GmbH against Nidec Servo Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.6/100 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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