Where does Norwood Sales, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Norwood Sales, Inc. ranks #42,020 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 Norwood Sales, Inc. hold?

Norwood Sales, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Norwood Sales, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Norwood Sales, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.6 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Norwood Sales, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Norwood Sales, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Norwood Sales, Inc.'s patents?

Norwood Sales, Inc.'s patents average 19.7 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 Norwood Sales, 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

Norwood Sales, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Norwood Sales, Inc. focus on?

Norwood Sales, Inc.'s top technology area is A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General) with 5 patents, ranking #75 of 251 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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: A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Norwood ranks #42,020 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#42,020
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.6/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42020 · US Corporation #42,020 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,020/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH North American…
CPC-NARROW A01B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: North American Manufacturing Enterprises (±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 Norwood’s 28.6 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 6.7 pts (23%) Velocity 2.2 pts (8%) Breadth 7.9 pts (28%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Norwood Sales · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Norwood's Innovation Score is 28.6/100 (28th 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 Norwood?

Each dot is one of Norwood’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). Norwood’s own 19.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Norwood's grants concentrate

Norwood Sales, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Norwood sits between North American Manufacturing Enterprises and Noxgear, LLC.

Norwood's three-year grant acceleration

Norwood Sales, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

North American Ma…

6
Northann Building…

6
Northspyre

6
Norwich Universit…

6
Novae

6
Novavax AB

6
Nowe

6
Noxgear

6
Norwood Sales ◀

6

What this shows Norwood holds 6 patents at rank #42,017, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Norwood

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,017 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR Forestry)

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

Norwood's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Norwood Sales, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	33.3%
2019	3	50.0%
2022	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Norwood Sales, Inc. patent most?

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 5

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 1

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

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Norwood Sales, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Norwood Sales, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01B
Ranked #42,020 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Norwood Sales, Inc. against North American Manufacturing Enterprises, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.6/100 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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