Where does Adrian Steel Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Adrian Steel Company ranks #8,525 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 Adrian Steel Company hold?

Adrian Steel Company holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Adrian Steel Company's Innovation Score?

Adrian Steel Company has an Innovation Score of 44.7 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Adrian Steel Company focus on?

Adrian Steel Company's top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 25 patents, ranking #182 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Adrian Steel Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Adrian Steel Company's recent grant velocity is +14% 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 Adrian Steel Company's patents?

Adrian Steel Company's patents average 13.3 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 Adrian Steel Company 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

Adrian Steel Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 18 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Adrian ranks #8,525 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 18 technology areas.

#8,525
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.7/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: +14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8525 · US Corporation #8,525 · 37 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,525/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Actifio
CPC-FOCUS B60R · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Actifio, Inc. (±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 Adrian’s 44.7 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 12.6 pts (28%) Velocity 9.2 pts (21%) Breadth 15.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Adrian Steel · this assignee

45
Isco International · near

45
Medizinische… · near

45
Osaka City University · near

45
Riddell · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Adrian's Innovation Score is 44.7/100 (top 25% 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 Adrian?

Each dot is one of Adrian’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). Adrian’s own 13.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Adrian's grants concentrate

Adrian Steel Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 67.6% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Adrian sits between ASK Chemicals GmbH and Amazentis SA.

Adrian's three-year grant acceleration

Adrian Steel Company shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

ASK Chemicals

37
Aulton NEW Energy…

37
Autotech Engineer…

37
Actifio

37
Advanced Flow Eng…

37
Agamatrix

37
Airius IP Holdings

37
Amazentis

37
Adrian Steel ◀

37

What this shows Adrian holds 37 patents at rank #8,530, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Adrian

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,530 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Adrian, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60R (Vehicles), Adrian ranks #182 of 1,969 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Osaka City University 45 Medizinische Universität Wien 45 Riddell, Inc. 45 Isco International, LLC 45

Adrian's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% 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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Adrian Steel Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	13.5%
2016	2	5.4%
2017	2	5.4%
2018	2	5.4%
2019	3	8.1%
2020	2	5.4%
2021	3	8.1%
2022	2	5.4%
2023	2	5.4%
2024	7	18.9%
2025partial year	7	18.9%

Which technologies does Adrian Steel Company patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 25

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 12

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 8

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 2

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 2

E06C - Ladders 2

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 1

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 1

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Adrian Steel Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Adrian Steel Company's lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 67.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #8,525 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Adrian Steel Company against ASK Chemicals GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.7/100 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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