Company Analysis

NN, Inc. (NNBR)

Nasdaq: NNBR · Metalworkg Machinery & Equipment · Charlotte, NC · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade1.9
◀ Past 1.6● Present 2.0▶ Future 2.2

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

21 patents granted to the 6 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to NN, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
21
21 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
5
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
6
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'95'99'04'05'09'11'12'13'14'16'17'18'19'20'24
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
Under which name6 counted
HOLMED, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
13 granted
0 published
Autocam Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
0 published
NN, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in JP)
0 granted
3 published
Polymetallurgical Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
Premco, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
Premco, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Names not counted (1)
NN INC
Most of its patents print JP; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
May 21, 201910,294,070Regenerative electrical power supply for elevatorsHandlingPremco, Inc.
Oct 4, 20169,458,890Square quick connect interfaceMedical technologyHOLMED, LLC
Sep 20, 20169,447,803AO quick connect interfaceMedical technologyHOLMED, LLC
Mar 4, 20148,663,269Pivot tipped rod forcepsMedical technologyHOLMED, LLC
May 14, 20138,438,956Torque indicating driverMedical technologyHOLMED, LLC
Sep 18, 20128,267,957Compressor with extended ratchet bar featureMedical technologyHOLMED, LLC
Sep 18, 20128,267,859Spreader insert for a retractor systemMedical technologyHOLMED, LLC
Sep 11, 20128,262,667Multi-diameter implant forcepsMedical technologyHOLMED, LLC
Dec 27, 20118,083,596Torque limiterMechanical elementsHOLMED, LLC
Aug 25, 20097,578,051Machine for press fit assemblyMachine toolsAutocam Corporation
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Feb 8, 20242024/0047796TOP CAP ASSEMBLYElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyNN, Inc.
Apr 2, 20202020/0102183REGENERATIVE ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY FOR ELEVATORSHandlingPremco, Inc.
Dec 13, 20182018/0354040ADAPTOR WITH QUICK RELEASE MECHANISMMachine toolsNN, Inc.
Oct 18, 20182018/0297184TORQUE LIMITERMechanical elementsNN, Inc.
May 18, 20172017/0137259REGENERATIVE ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY FOR ELEVATORSHandlingPremco, Inc. · patent 10,294,070 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

SI Assistanton NNBR · research, not advice