Where does Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc. ranks #49,165 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 Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc. hold?

Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.0 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc.'s patents?

Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc.'s patents average 23.0 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 Nordic Minesteel Technologies 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 Foreign Corporation

Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc. focus on?

Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 4 patents, ranking #98 of 447 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nordic ranks #49,165 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 2 technology areas.

#49,165
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.0/100): 23.0
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49165 · Foreign Corporation #49,165 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,165/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Noporvis
CPC-NARROW B66F · 2 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Noporvis 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 Nordic’s 45.0 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 6.2 pts (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (44%) Breadth 5.0 pts (11%) Claim depth 13.8 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nordic Minesteel · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nordic's Innovation Score is 45.0/100 (top 24% 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 Nordic?

Each dot is one of Nordic’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). Nordic’s own 23.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nordic's grants concentrate

Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Nordic sits between Noporvis Co., Ltd. and Northern Light Group, LLC.

Nordic's three-year grant acceleration

Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Noporvis

5
Nora Systems

5
Norad Designs

5
Nordhydraulic AB

5
Norse Networks

5
North American Re…

5
North American Re…

5
Northern Light Gr…

5
Nordic Minesteel ◀

5

What this shows Nordic holds 5 patents at rank #49,063, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nordic

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,063 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66F (Hoisting)

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

Nordic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

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

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Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2022	2	40.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc. patent most?

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

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

Top 2 of 2 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

Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc.'s lead technology class is 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), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66F
Ranked #49,165 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc. against Noporvis Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.0/100 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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