Where does Nostromo Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nostromo Ltd. ranks #15,500 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 Nostromo Ltd. hold?

Nostromo Ltd. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Nostromo Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Nostromo Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 44.3 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nostromo Ltd. focus on?

Nostromo Ltd.'s top technology area is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition) with 14 patents, ranking #33 of 331 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nostromo Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nostromo Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +29% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Nostromo Ltd.'s patents?

Nostromo Ltd.'s patents average 17.2 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 Nostromo Ltd. 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

Nostromo Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nostromo ranks #15,500 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 15 technology areas.

#15,500
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.3/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15500 · Foreign Corporation #15,500 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,500/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ningbo Tolead…
CPC-FOCUS F42B · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ningbo Tolead International Business 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 Nostromo’s 44.3 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 10.3 pts (23%) Velocity 10.0 pts (23%) Breadth 13.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nostromo · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nostromo's Innovation Score is 44.3/100 (top 26% 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 Nostromo?

Each dot is one of Nostromo’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). Nostromo’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nostromo's grants concentrate

Nostromo Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 73.7% of grants classified under F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Nostromo sits between Ningbo Tolead International Business Co., Ltd. and NuFlare Technology America, Inc..

Nostromo's three-year grant acceleration

Nostromo Ltd. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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 Tolead Int…

19
Nivalis Therapeut…

19
Nordex Energy Spa…

19
Norfolk Southern

19
Nova Biomedical

19
Novel Crystal Tec…

19
Novoluto

19
Nuflare Technolog…

19
Nostromo ◀

19

What this shows Nostromo holds 19 patents at rank #15,503, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nostromo

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,503 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F42B (Explosive Charges)

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

Nostromo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Nostromo Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	5.3%
2017	3	15.8%
2018	2	10.5%
2019	1	5.3%
2020	2	10.5%
2021	1	5.3%
2022	1	5.3%
2023	1	5.3%
2024	4	21.1%
2025partial year	3	15.8%

Which technologies does Nostromo Ltd. patent most?

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 14

F42C - Ammunition Fuzes ; Arming OR Safety Means Therefor 7

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 6

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 4

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 4

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 4

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 2

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 2

F41F - Apparatus FOR Launching Projectiles OR Missiles From Barrels, e.g. Cannons ; Launchers FOR Rockets OR TORPEDOES; Harpoon Guns 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Nostromo Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nostromo Ltd.'s lead technology class is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition), 73.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F42B
Ranked #15,500 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nostromo Ltd. against Ningbo Tolead International Business Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.3/100 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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