Where does Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc. ranks #42,018 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 Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc. hold?

Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.1 out of 100 (40th 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 Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc. focus on?

Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s top technology area is B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements) with 6 patents, ranking #90 of 428 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s patents?

Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s patents average 13.8 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 Northstar Manufacturing Co., 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

Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Northstar ranks #42,018 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 4 technology areas.

#42,018
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.1/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42018 · US Corporation #42,018 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,018/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Noria Energy
CPC-NARROW B60G · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Noria Energy (±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 Northstar’s 32.1 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 6.7 pts (21%) Velocity 10.0 pts (31%) Breadth 7.1 pts (22%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Northstar Manufactur… · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Northstar's Innovation Score is 32.1/100 (40th 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 Northstar?

Each dot is one of Northstar’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). Northstar’s own 13.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Northstar's grants concentrate

Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Northstar sits between Noria Energy and Nova Plasma Ltd..

Northstar's three-year grant acceleration

Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc. shows 3 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.

Noria Energy

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Norpe OY

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Notevault

6
Nottingham Univer…

6
NOV Process & Flo…

6
Nova Plasma

6
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6

What this shows Northstar holds 6 patents at rank #41,902, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Northstar

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,902 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements)

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

Northstar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2021	2	33.3%
2022	2	33.3%
2023	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc. patent most?

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 6

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s lead technology class is B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60G
Ranked #42,018 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc. against Noria Energy, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.1/100 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

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.