Where does Ormat Technologies Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ormat Technologies Inc. ranks #8,454 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 Ormat Technologies Inc. hold?

Ormat Technologies Inc. holds 38 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Ormat Technologies Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ormat Technologies Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.2 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ormat Technologies Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ormat Technologies Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -62% 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 Ormat Technologies Inc.'s patents?

Ormat Technologies Inc.'s patents average 12.5 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 Ormat Technologies 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

Ormat Technologies Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Ormat Technologies Inc. focus on?

Ormat Technologies Inc.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 16 patents, ranking #856 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ormat ranks #8,454 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 27 technology areas.

#8,454
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.2/100): 12.5
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8454 · US Corporation #8,454 · 38 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 38 grants
UPPER-Q #8,454/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National Chain
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National Chain Company (±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 Ormat’s 50.2 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 12.7 pts (25%) Velocity 11.7 pts (23%) Breadth 18.4 pts (37%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Macau University of… · near

50
Ormat · this assignee

50
TK Holdings · near

50
tZERO IP · near

50
Sabanci Universitesi · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ormat's Innovation Score is 50.2/100 (top 13% 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 Ormat?

Each dot is one of Ormat’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). Ormat’s own 12.5 claims/patent is at or below the 13.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ormat's grants concentrate

Ormat Technologies Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 42.1% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Ormat sits between Nippon Chemiphar Co., Ltd. and Packers Plus Energy Service Inc..

Ormat's three-year grant acceleration

Ormat Technologies Inc. shows 7 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.

Nippon Chemiphar

38
National Chain

38
National Steel Car

38
Novimmune

38
Otos Wing

38
Osteomed

38
Parata Systems

38
Packers Plus Ener…

38
Ormat ◀

38

What this shows Ormat holds 38 patents at rank #8,454, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ormat

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,454 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ormat, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), Ormat ranks #856 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

tZERO IP, LLC 50 Macau University of Science and Technology 50 TK Holdings, LLC 50 Sabanci Universitesi 50

Ormat's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Ormat Technologies Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	13.2%
2016	7	18.4%
2017	9	23.7%
2018	4	10.5%
2019	1	2.6%
2020	3	7.9%
2022	1	2.6%
2023	3	7.9%
2024	3	7.9%
2025partial year	2	5.3%

Which technologies does Ormat Technologies Inc. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 16

F01K - Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles 14

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

F24T - Geothermal COLLECTORS; Geothermal Systems 9

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 8

F28B - Steam OR Vapour Condensers 7

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 6

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 5

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 4

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

F02C - Gas-turbine PLANTS; AIR Intakes FOR Jet-propulsion PLANTS; Controlling Fuel Supply IN Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants 3

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 3

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 3

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

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

Top 15 of 27 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

Ormat Technologies Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ormat Technologies Inc.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 42.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #8,454 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ormat Technologies Inc. against Nippon Chemiphar Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.2/100 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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