Where does Akron Special Machinery, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Akron Special Machinery, Inc. ranks #23,828 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 Special Machinery, Inc. hold?

Akron Special Machinery, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Akron Special Machinery, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Akron Special Machinery, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.1 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Akron Special Machinery, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Akron Special Machinery, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +20% 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 Akron Special Machinery, Inc.'s patents?

Akron Special Machinery, Inc.'s patents average 15.6 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 Special Machinery, 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

Akron Special Machinery, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Akron Special Machinery, Inc. focus on?

Akron Special Machinery, Inc.'s top technology area is G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 8 patents, ranking #141 of 1,420 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Akron ranks #23,828 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 16 technology areas.

#23,828
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.1/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23828 · US Corporation #23,828 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #23,828/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aisapack Holding
CPC-FOCUS G01M · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aisapack Holding S.A. (±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 36.1 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 8.6 pts (24%) Velocity 4.0 pts (11%) Breadth 14.1 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (26%)

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What this shows Akron's Innovation Score is 36.1/100 (top 47% 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 15.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.6 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 Special Machinery, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Akron sits between Aisapack Holding S.A. and Alfa Wassermann S.P.A..

Akron's three-year grant acceleration

Akron Special Machinery, Inc. 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.

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What this shows Akron holds 11 patents at rank #23,791, 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 #23,791 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR Structures)

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)

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

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 Special Machinery, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	18.2%
2017	1	9.1%
2019	2	18.2%
2020	3	27.3%
2022	2	18.2%
2023	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Akron Special Machinery, Inc. patent most?

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 4

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 4

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 2

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 1

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

F16N - Lubricating 1

B44C - Producing Decorative Effects ; MOSAICS; Tarsia Work ; Paperhanging 1

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 1

Top 15 of 16 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 Special Machinery, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Akron Special Machinery, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 72.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01M
Ranked #23,828 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Akron Special Machinery, Inc. against Aisapack Holding S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.1/100 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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