Where does Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc. ranks #49,166 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 Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc. hold?

Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 20.9 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Norgas Metering 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 Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 1.6 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 Norgas Metering 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 US Corporation

Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 1 patents, ranking #746 of 1,381 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT OT).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Norgas ranks #49,166 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#49,166
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.9/100): 1.6
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49166 · US Corporation #49,166 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,166/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nomad Spectrum
CPC-NARROW G01D · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nomad Spectrum Limited (±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 Norgas’s 20.9 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 (30%) Velocity 6.7 pts (32%) Breadth 7.1 pts (34%) Claim depth 1.0 pts (5%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Norgas Metering · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Norgas's Innovation Score is 20.9/100 (8th 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 Norgas?

Each dot is one of Norgas’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). Norgas’s own 1.6 claims/patent is at or below the 17.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Norgas's grants concentrate

Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT OT). By volume, Norgas sits between Nomad Spectrum Limited and Northern Power Systems, Inc..

Norgas's three-year grant acceleration

Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc. 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.

Nomad Spectrum

5
Noname Gate

5
Nonwoven Network

5
Norbord

5
North China Elect…

5
North China Unive…

5
North Star Techno…

5
Northern Power Sy…

5
Norgas Metering ◀

5

What this shows Norgas holds 5 patents at rank #49,208, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Norgas

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,208 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific Variable)

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

Norgas's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H04Q - Selecting 1

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT OT), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01D
Ranked #49,166 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Norgas Metering Technologies, Inc. against Nomad Spectrum Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.9/100 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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