Where does Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC ranks #4,903 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 Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC hold?

Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC holds 71 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC's Innovation Score?

Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC has an Innovation Score of 45.4 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC focus on?

Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 65 patents, ranking #231 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC's recent grant velocity is -35% 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 Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC's patents?

Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC's patents average 14.7 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 Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC 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

Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 71 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nuvera ranks #4,903 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 26 technology areas.

#4,903
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.4/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -35%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4903 · US Corporation #4,903 · 71 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 71 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,903/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH McAlister
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -35% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: McAlister Technologies, LLC (±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 Nuvera’s 45.4 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 14.8 pts (33%) Velocity 3.7 pts (8%) Breadth 18.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hunter Douglas… · near

45
Medit · near

45
Nuvera Fuel Cells · this assignee

45
Reno · near

45
Ultratec · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nuvera's Innovation Score is 45.4/100 (top 23% 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 Nuvera?

Each dot is one of Nuvera’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). Nuvera’s own 14.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nuvera's grants concentrate

Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 91.5% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (16 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Nuvera sits between McAlister Technologies, LLC and Pro-iroda Industries, Inc..

Nuvera's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC moved from 25 to 14 grants (0.56x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Mcalister

71
National Universi…

71
National Universi…

71
NGM Biopharmaceut…

71
Ohio State Univer…

71
Omeros

71
PME IP PTY

71
Pro-iroda Industr…

71
Nuvera Fuel Cells ◀

71

What this shows Nuvera holds 71 patents at rank #4,903, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nuvera

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,903 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nuvera, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), Nuvera ranks #231 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Reno Technologies, Inc. 45 Ultratec, Inc. 45 Hunter Douglas Industries B. V. 45 Medit Corp. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.7 here).

Manitowoc Crane Companies, LLC 14.7 avg WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc. 14.7 avg Atlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap 14.7 avg University OF South Carolina 14.7 avg

Nuvera's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	2.8%
2016	4	5.6%
2017	10	14.1%
2018	16	22.5%
2019	11	15.5%
2020	9	12.7%
2021	5	7.0%
2022	6	8.5%
2023	5	7.0%
2024	3	4.2%

Which technologies does Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 65

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 60

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 28

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 10

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 9

B01D - Separation 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 4

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 4

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 3

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

Top 15 of 26 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

Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 91.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #4,903 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC against McAlister Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.4/100 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

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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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