Where does Nordock, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nordock, Inc. ranks #29,629 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 Nordock, Inc. hold?

Nordock, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Nordock, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nordock, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.8 out of 100 (18th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Nordock, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -87% 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 Nordock, Inc.'s patents?

Nordock, 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 Nordock, 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

Nordock, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Nordock, Inc. focus on?

Nordock, Inc.'s top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 8 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nordock ranks #29,629 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 5 technology areas.

#29,629
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 18th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.8/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29629 · Foreign Corporation #29,629 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,629/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nitrochemie Aschau
CPC-NARROW B65G · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nitrochemie Aschau GmbH (±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
Nordock · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nordock's Innovation Score is 25.8/100 (18th 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.

Where Nordock's grants concentrate

Nordock, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Nordock sits between Nitrochemie Aschau GmbH and NxThera, Inc..

Nitrochemie Aschau

9
Nobell Foods

9
Nokia Siemens Net…

9
Noon Home

9
Northeast Electri…

9
Northern Internat…

9
Northwest A & F U…

9
Nxthera

9
Nordock ◀

9

What this shows Nordock holds 9 patents at rank #29,620, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nordock

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,620 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Nordock's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 18th percentile higher than 18% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nordock, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	22.2%
2017	2	22.2%
2018	2	22.2%
2019	2	22.2%
2020	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Nordock, Inc. patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 8

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 3

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 1

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#29,629

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

25.8 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

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

Nordock, Inc.'s lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #29,629 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nordock, Inc. against Nitrochemie Aschau GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.8/100 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

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