Where does Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc. ranks #7,171 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 Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc. hold?

Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc. holds 46 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.5 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc. focus on?

Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc.'s top technology area is F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening) with 40 patents, ranking #29 of 885 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +44% 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 Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc.'s patents?

Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc.'s patents average 22.9 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 Nortek Air Solutions Canada, 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

Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 46 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nortek ranks #7,171 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 46 patents across 17 technology areas.

#7,171
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.5/100): 22.9
avg claims per patent: +44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7171 · Foreign Corporation #7,171 · 46 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 46 grants
UPPER-Q #7,171/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National ICT Australia
CPC-FOCUS F24F · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +44% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National ICT Australia 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 Nortek’s 46.5 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 13.3 pts (29%) Velocity 4.8 pts (10%) Breadth 14.6 pts (31%) Claim depth 13.8 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Atheer · near

46
Korea Institute OF… · near

46
Magenta Medical · near

46
Nortek Air Solutions… · this assignee

46
Omax · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nortek's Innovation Score is 46.5/100 (top 21% 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 Nortek?

Each dot is one of Nortek’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). Nortek’s own 22.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nortek's grants concentrate

Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 87% of grants classified under F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Nortek sits between National ICT Australia Limited and Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc..

Nortek's three-year grant acceleration

Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc. shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

National ICT Aust…

46
National Universi…

46
Nautilus Hyosung

46
Nerudia

46
Oblong Industries

46
Particle Measurin…

46
Peri SE

46
Phoenix Contact D…

46
Nortek Air Soluti… ◀

46

What this shows Nortek holds 46 patents at rank #7,171, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nortek

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,171 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F24F (Air-conditioning)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nortek, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F24F (Air-conditioning), Nortek ranks #29 of 885 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Omax Corporation 46 Magenta Medical Ltd 46 Korea Institute OF Radiological & Medical Sciences 46 Atheer, Inc. 46

Nortek's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	4.3%
2017	4	8.7%
2018	7	15.2%
2019	5	10.9%
2020	7	15.2%
2021	6	13.0%
2022	3	6.5%
2023	7	15.2%
2024	3	6.5%
2025partial year	2	4.3%

Which technologies does Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc. patent most?

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 40

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 37

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 19

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 14

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 7

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

B01D - Separation 1

A62C - Fire-fighting 1

F24D - Domestic- OR Space-heating Systems, e.g. Central Heating SYSTEMS; Domestic Hot-water Supply SYSTEMS; Elements OR Components Therefor 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

F28C - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media Come Into Direct Contact Without Chemical Interaction 1

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc.'s lead technology class is F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening), 87% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F24F
Ranked #7,171 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc. against National ICT Australia Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.5/100 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

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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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