Where does Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. ranks #10,709 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 Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. hold?

Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.4 out of 100 (30th 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 Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. focus on?

Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc.'s top technology area is B08B (Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General) with 5 patents, ranking #132 of 1,035 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc.'s patents?

Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc.'s patents average 4.2 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 Northern Tool & Equipment Company, 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 US Corporation

Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 15 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: B08B (Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Northern ranks #10,709 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 15 technology areas.

#10,709
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.4/100): 4.2
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10709 · US Corporation #10,709 · 29 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,709/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Neurohabilitation
CPC-FOCUS B08B · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Neurohabilitation Corporation (±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 Northern’s 29.4 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 11.7 pts (40%) Velocity 1.4 pts (5%) Breadth 13.7 pts (47%) Claim depth 2.5 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Federal Mogul · near

29
Water Tech · near

29
Agrana Stärke · near

29
KYE Systems · near

29
Northern Tool &… · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Northern's Innovation Score is 29.4/100 (30th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Northern?

Each dot is one of Northern’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). Northern’s own 4.2 claims/patent is at or below the 9.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Northern's grants concentrate

Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 17.2% of grants classified under B08B (Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Northern sits between Neurohabilitation Corporation and Olatec Therapeutics, Inc..

Northern's three-year grant acceleration

Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Neurohabilitation

29
Nextinput

29
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29
Ningbo Fotile Kit…

29
Novadaq ULC

29
Nubis Communicati…

29
ODK Technology PTE

29
Olatec Therapeuti…

29
Northern Tool & E… ◀

29

What this shows Northern holds 29 patents at rank #10,709, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Northern

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,709 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B08B (Cleaning IN General)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Northern, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B08B (Cleaning IN General), Northern ranks #132 of 1,035 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

KYE Systems Corp. 29 Agrana Stärke GmbH 29 Federal Mogul S.A. 29 Water Tech, LLC 29

Northern's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% 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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Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	6.9%
2017	1	3.4%
2018	1	3.4%
2019	3	10.3%
2020	7	24.1%
2021	4	13.8%
2023	3	10.3%
2025partial year	8	27.6%

Which technologies does Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. patent most?

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 5

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 4

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 2

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 2

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 1

B27B - Saws FOR Wood OR Similar MATERIAL; Components OR Accessories Therefor 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F23L - Supplying AIR OR Non-combustible Liquids OR Gases TO Combustion Apparatus IN General ; Valves OR Dampers Specially Adapted FOR Controlling AIR Supply OR Draught IN Combustion Apparatus ; Inducing Draught IN Combustion APPARATUS; Tops FOR Chimneys OR Ventilating SHAFTS; Terminals FOR Flues 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

F23M - Casings, Linings, Walls OR Doors Specially Adapted FOR Combustion Chambers, e.g. FIREBRIDGES; Devices FOR Deflecting AIR, Flames OR Combustion Products IN Combustion CHAMBERS; Safety Arrangements Specially Adapted FOR Combustion APPARATUS; Details OF Combustion Chambers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 1

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc.'s lead technology class is B08B (Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General), 17.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B08B
Ranked #10,709 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. against Neurohabilitation Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.4/100 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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