Overall rank by patents
#17,952
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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: F16L (PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, North ranks #17,952 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 10 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R17952 · US Corporation #17,952 · 16 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: NINE Downhole Technologies, Llc (±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
North American PIPE · this assignee
34 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows North American PIPE Corporation stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #17,952 of 50,000; Innovation Score 33.5/100 sits in the top 55% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is NINE Downhole Technologies, Llc (±0 grants).
North American PIPE Corporation has been granted 16 US utility patents between 2018 and 2023, placing North American PIPE Corporation at #17,952 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 10 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 18.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in F16L (PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL). As a US Corporation, North American PIPE Corporation is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, North sits between NINE Downhole Technologies, Llc (16 patents, rank #17,930) and NSK Americas, Inc. (16 patents, rank #17,938) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 33.5/100 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 13 grants, compared with 3 in the 2015–2019 window, a +333% 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. North American PIPE Corporation's 18.2 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 10 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 ◀
NINE DOWNHOLE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
16 patents
NINGBO YINZHOU JIASHENG PUMP ELECTRIC MACHINERY FACTORY
16 patents
NINGBO YUSING OPTOELECTONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
16 patents
NITTOKU CO., LTD.
16 patents
NORTHROP GRUMMAN GUIDANCE AND ELECTRONICS COMPANY, INC.
16 patents
NOXXON Pharma AG
16 patents
NSFOCUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
16 patents
NSK Americas, Inc.
16 patents
NORTH AMERICAN PIPE CORPORATION
16 patents
What this shows North holds 16 patents at rank #17,934, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #17,934 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in North's primary technology class.
North's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
34 Top 55% higher than 45% 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 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2019 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2020 | 5 | 31.3% |
| 2021 | 5 | 31.3% |
| 2022 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 6.3% |
Top 10 of 10 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#17,952
of 50,000 tracked assignees
33.5 out of 100
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