Where does Akron Brass Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Akron Brass Company ranks #14,444 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 Akron Brass Company hold?

Akron Brass Company holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Akron Brass Company's Innovation Score?

Akron Brass Company has an Innovation Score of 39.7 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Akron Brass Company focus on?

Akron Brass Company's top technology area is A62C (Fire-fighting) with 13 patents, ranking #28 of 253 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Akron Brass Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Akron Brass Company's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Akron Brass Company's patents?

Akron Brass Company's patents average 17.8 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 Akron Brass 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

Akron Brass Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 17 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: A62C (Fire-fighting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Akron ranks #14,444 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 17 technology areas.

#14,444
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.7/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14444 · US Corporation #14,444 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,444/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AiCuris & KG
CPC-FOCUS A62C · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AiCuris GmbH & Co. KG (±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 Akron’s 39.7 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 10.5 pts (26%) Velocity 4.0 pts (10%) Breadth 14.6 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Akron Brass · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Akron's Innovation Score is 39.7/100 (top 37% 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 Akron?

Each dot is one of Akron’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). Akron’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Akron's grants concentrate

Akron Brass Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 65% of grants classified under A62C (Fire-fighting). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Akron sits between AiCuris GmbH & Co. KG and Allot Ltd..

Akron's three-year grant acceleration

Akron Brass Company shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Aicuris & KG

20
Air China

20
Airstrip IP Holdi…

20
Airgas

20
Akston Biosciences

20
Alcon Pharmaceuti…

20
Aleris Rolled Pro…

20
Allot

20
Akron Brass ◀

20

What this shows Akron holds 20 patents at rank #14,460, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Akron

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,460 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A62C (Fire-fighting)

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

Akron's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% 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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Akron Brass Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	15.0%
2016	3	15.0%
2017	3	15.0%
2018	3	15.0%
2020	3	15.0%
2021	2	10.0%
2022	1	5.0%
2023	1	5.0%
2024	1	5.0%

Which technologies does Akron Brass Company patent most?

A62C - Fire-fighting 13

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 1

F03B - Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids 1

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B25G - Handles FOR Hand Implements 1

F16H - Gearing 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Akron Brass Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Akron Brass Company's lead technology class is A62C (Fire-fighting), 65% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A62C
Ranked #14,444 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Akron Brass Company against AiCuris GmbH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.7/100 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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