Where does North Atlantic Imports, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), North Atlantic Imports, LLC ranks #5,965 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 North Atlantic Imports, LLC hold?

North Atlantic Imports, LLC holds 57 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is North Atlantic Imports, LLC's Innovation Score?

North Atlantic Imports, LLC has an Innovation Score of 49.1 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is North Atlantic Imports, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

North Atlantic Imports, LLC's recent grant velocity is +1400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for North Atlantic Imports, LLC's patents?

North Atlantic Imports, LLC's patents average 16.5 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 North Atlantic Imports, LLC 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

North Atlantic Imports, LLC

Q: What technology areas does North Atlantic Imports, LLC focus on?

North Atlantic Imports, LLC's top technology area is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages) with 48 patents. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 57 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, North ranks #5,965 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 57 patents across 21 technology areas.

#5,965
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.1/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: +1400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5965 · US Corporation #5,965 · 57 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 57 grants
UPPER-Q #5,965/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Misonix
CPC-FOCUS A47J · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Misonix, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Samson Aktiengesells… · near

49
North Atlantic Imports · this assignee

49
Oxford Instruments… · near

49
SK Global Chemical · near

49
Shoals Group · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows North's Innovation Score is 49.1/100 (top 15% 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 North's grants concentrate

North Atlantic Imports, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 84.2% of grants classified under A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, North sits between Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello, Inc. and Preformed Line Products Co..

North's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, North Atlantic Imports, LLC moved from 20 to 27 grants (1.35x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Mitsui Chemicals…

57
Misonix

57
North University…

57
National Jewish H…

57
Omnitracs

57
Ovonyx Memory Tec…

57
Phytogen Seed

57
Preformed Line Pr…

57
North Atlantic Im… ◀

57

What this shows North holds 57 patents at rank #5,964, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near North

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,964 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47J (Kitchen Equipment)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for North, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

SK Global Chemical Co., Ltd. 49 Oxford Instruments Nanotechnology Tools Limited 49 Samson Aktiengesellschaft 49 Shoals Technologies Group, LLC 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.5 here).

GE Global Sourcing LLC 16.5 avg Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co., Ltd. 16.5 avg Honeywell International Inc. 16.5 avg Mastercard ASIA/PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. 16.6 avg

North's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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North Atlantic Imports, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	1.8%
2019	2	3.5%
2020	6	10.5%
2021	12	21.1%
2022	3	5.3%
2023	12	21.1%
2024	12	21.1%
2025partial year	9	15.8%

Which technologies does North Atlantic Imports, LLC patent most?

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 48

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 16

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 12

B65F - Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse 9

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 8

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 7

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 5

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 4

A21B - Bakers' OVENS; Machines OR Equipment FOR Baking 3

A21D - Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products 2

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

F23B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Only Solid Fuel 2

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 2

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,965

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

49.1 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

North Atlantic Imports, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

North Atlantic Imports, LLC's lead technology class is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages), 84.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47J
Ranked #5,965 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare North Atlantic Imports, LLC against Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.1/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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