Where does Northquip Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Northquip Inc. ranks #21,535 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 Northquip Inc. hold?

Northquip Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Northquip Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Northquip Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.0 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Northquip Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Northquip Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +350% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Northquip Inc.'s patents?

Northquip Inc.'s patents average 15.3 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.

How is the Northquip 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 Foreign Corporation

Northquip Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Northquip Inc. focus on?

Northquip Inc.'s top technology area is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals) with 9 patents, ranking #101 of 1,035 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 6 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: A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Northquip ranks #21,535 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 6 technology areas.

#21,535
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (47.0/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: +350%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21535 · Foreign Corporation #21,535 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,535/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ningbo IClipper…
CPC-NARROW A01K · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +350% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ningbo IClipper Electric Appliance 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.

How Northquip’s 47.0 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 9.1 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (43%) Breadth 8.7 pts (19%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Northquip · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Northquip's Innovation Score is 47.0/100 (top 20% 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 Northquip?

Each dot is one of Northquip’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). Northquip’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Northquip's grants concentrate

Northquip Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 69.2% of grants classified under A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Northquip sits between Ningbo IClipper Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. and Oben, Inc..

Northquip's three-year grant acceleration

Northquip Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Ningbo Iclipper E…

13
Ningbo Weitao Ele…

13
North China Unive…

13
Northeast Agricul…

13
Novate Medical

13
Novian Health

13
Nutrition21

13
Oben

13
Northquip ◀

13

What this shows Northquip holds 13 patents at rank #21,536, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Northquip

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,536 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01K (Animal Husbandry)

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

Northquip's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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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Northquip Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	15.4%
2020	1	7.7%
2021	1	7.7%
2022	4	30.8%
2023	1	7.7%
2024	2	15.4%
2025partial year	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Northquip Inc. patent most?

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 9

A61D - Veterinary Instruments, Implements, Tools, OR Methods 1

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 1

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 1

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 1

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

Top 6 of 6 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

Northquip Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Northquip Inc.'s lead technology class is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals), 69.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01K
Ranked #21,535 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Northquip Inc. against Ningbo IClipper Electric Appliance Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.0/100 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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