Where does Northvolt AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Northvolt AB ranks #23,104 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 Northvolt AB hold?

Northvolt AB holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Northvolt AB's Innovation Score?

Northvolt AB has an Innovation Score of 51.6 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Northvolt AB focus on?

Northvolt AB's top technology area is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy) with 12 patents, ranking #464 of 2,332 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Northvolt AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Northvolt AB.

What does claim depth mean for Northvolt AB's patents?

Northvolt AB's patents average 19.3 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 Northvolt AB 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

Northvolt AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Northvolt ranks #23,104 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 10 technology areas.

#23,104
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.6/100): 19.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23104 · Foreign Corporation #23,104 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,104/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NLU Products L L C
CPC-FOCUS H01M · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NLU Products, L.L.C. (±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 Northvolt’s 51.6 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 8.9 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 11.2 pts (22%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Exelis · near

52
FG Innovation · near

52
Northvolt AB · this assignee

52
Tactual Labs · near

52
Veolia Water… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Northvolt's Innovation Score is 51.6/100 (top 11% 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 Northvolt?

Each dot is one of Northvolt’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). Northvolt’s own 19.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Northvolt's grants concentrate

Northvolt AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Northvolt sits between NLU Products, L.L.C. and NTT Facilities, Inc..

Northvolt's three-year grant acceleration

Northvolt AB shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

NLU Products L L C

12
Noctrix Health

12
NON Typical

12
Noritake Itron

12
Noul

12
Novasep Process

12
NOX

12
NTT Facilities

12
Northvolt AB ◀

12

What this shows Northvolt holds 12 patents at rank #23,056, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Northvolt

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,056 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01M (Processes OR Means)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Northvolt, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01M (Processes OR Means), Northvolt ranks #464 of 2,332 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Exelis Inc. 52 Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support 52 Tactual Labs Co. 52 FG Innovation Company Limited 52

Northvolt's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Northvolt AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	8.3%
2022	2	16.7%
2023	3	25.0%
2024	3	25.0%
2025partial year	3	25.0%

Which technologies does Northvolt AB patent most?

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 12

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 10

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 4

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 4

C01D - Compounds OF Alkali Metals, i.e. Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, OR Francium 2

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 2

B09B - Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 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

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Northvolt AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Northvolt AB's lead technology class is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01M
Ranked #23,104 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Northvolt AB against NLU Products, L.L.C., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.6/100 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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