Where does Northwest River Supplies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Northwest River Supplies, Inc. ranks #49,179 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 Northwest River Supplies, Inc. hold?

Northwest River Supplies, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Northwest River Supplies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Northwest River Supplies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 11.6 out of 100 (2nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Northwest River Supplies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Northwest River Supplies, Inc.'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 Northwest River Supplies, Inc.'s patents?

Northwest River Supplies, Inc.'s patents average 3.2 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 Northwest River Supplies, 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

Northwest River Supplies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Northwest River Supplies, Inc. focus on?

Northwest River Supplies, Inc.'s top technology area is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping) with 1 patents. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Northwest ranks #49,179 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 1 technology areas.

#49,179
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 2nd percentile
by Innovation Score (11.6/100): 3.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49179 · US Corporation #49,179 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,179/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH North Star Technology
CPC-NARROW B63B · 1 areas
INNOV-LOW 11.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: North Star Technology Limited (±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
Northwest River… · this assignee

12
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Northwest's Innovation Score is 11.6/100 (2nd 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 Northwest's grants concentrate

Northwest River Supplies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Northwest sits between North Star Technology Limited and Nova Products GmbH.

North Star Techno…

5
Northern Power Sy…

5
Northwest Biother…

5
Northwest Pipe

5
Nortic Holdings

5
Norwegian Univers…

5
Nova Dynamics

5
Nova Products

5
Northwest River S… ◀

5

What this shows Northwest holds 5 patents at rank #49,215, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Northwest

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,215 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels)

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

Northwest's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

12 2nd percentile higher than 2% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Northwest River Supplies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	60.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Northwest River Supplies, Inc. patent most?

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 1

Top 1 of 1 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#49,179

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

11.6 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

Northwest River Supplies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Northwest River Supplies, Inc.'s lead technology class is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63B
Ranked #49,179 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Northwest River Supplies, Inc. against North Star Technology Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 11.6/100 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

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.