Where does North Star Technology International Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), North Star Technology International Limited ranks #26,990 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 Star Technology International Limited hold?

North Star Technology International Limited holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2019, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is North Star Technology International Limited's Innovation Score?

North Star Technology International Limited has an Innovation Score of 14.7 out of 100 (3rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does North Star Technology International Limited focus on?

North Star Technology International Limited's top technology area is C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge) with 1 patents. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is North Star Technology International Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

North Star Technology International Limited's recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for North Star Technology International Limited's patents?

North Star Technology International Limited's patents average 2.3 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

North Star Technology International Limited

Q: How is the North Star Technology International Limited 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 PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2019. 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: C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, North ranks #26,990 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 2 technology areas.

#26,990
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 3rd percentile
by Innovation Score (14.7/100): 2.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26990 · Foreign Corporation #26,990 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,990/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nippon Gas
CPC-NARROW C02F · 2 areas
INNOV-LOW 14.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nippon Gas Co., Ltd. (±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
North Star Technolog… · this assignee

15
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows North's Innovation Score is 14.7/100 (3rd 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.

Where North's grants concentrate

North Star Technology International Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 10% of grants classified under C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, North sits between Nippon Gas Co., Ltd. and Nova Wildcat Shur-Line, LLC.

Nippon Gas

10
Nippon Yakin Kogyo

10
Nivagen Pharmaceu…

10
Nordic Lights Oy

10
Northeast Ohio Me…

10
Nothing Technology

10
Nova Engineering…

10
Nova Wildcat Shur…

10
North Star Techno… ◀

10

What this shows North holds 10 patents at rank #26,992, 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 #26,992 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C02F (Treatment OF Water)

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)

15 3rd percentile higher than 3% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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North Star Technology International Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	9	90.0%
2019	1	10.0%

Which technologies does North Star Technology International Limited patent most?

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 1

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#26,990

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

14.7 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 Star Technology International Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

North Star Technology International Limited's lead technology class is C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge), 10% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C02F
Ranked #26,990 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare North Star Technology International Limited against Nippon Gas Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 14.7/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.