Overall rank by patents
#18,959
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 19 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: F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Nortek ranks #18,959 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 19 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R18959 · US Corporation #18,959 · 15 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Nikon SLM Solutions Ag (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Nortek Air Solutions · this assignee
41 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Nortek Air Solutions, Llc stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-DENSE, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #18,959 of 50,000; Innovation Score 41.3/100 sits in the top 33% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Nikon SLM Solutions Ag (±0 grants).
Nortek Air Solutions, Llc has been granted 15 US utility patents between 2015 and 2022, placing Nortek Air Solutions, Llc at #18,959 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 19 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 28.9 claims per patent with primary concentration in F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING). As a US Corporation, Nortek Air Solutions, Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Nortek sits between Nikon SLM Solutions Ag (15 patents, rank #18,953) and Obigo Inc. (15 patents, rank #18,961) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 41.3/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 3 grants, compared with 12 in the 2015–2019 window, a -75% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Nortek Air Solutions, Llc's 28.9 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 19 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Nikon SLM Solutions AG
15 patents
Ningbo Litesun Electric Co., Ltd
15 patents
Ningbo Pureza Technology Co., Ltd.
15 patents
Nitta Haas Inc.
15 patents
Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.
15 patents
Novatel Wireless, Inc
15 patents
Nozomi Networks Sagl
15 patents
OBIGO INC.
15 patents
Nortek Air Solutions, LLC
15 patents
What this shows Nortek holds 15 patents at rank #18,957, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #18,957 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Nortek's primary technology class.
Nortek's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 13.3% |
| 2016 | 4 | 26.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 6.7% |
| 2018 | 2 | 13.3% |
| 2019 | 3 | 20.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | 6.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 6.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 6.7% |
Top 15 of 19 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#18,959
of 50,000 tracked assignees
41.3 out of 100
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