Where does Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A. ranks #38,688 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 Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A. hold?

Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2022, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A.'s Innovation Score?

Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A. has an Innovation Score of 29.1 out of 100 (30th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A..

What does claim depth mean for Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A.'s patents?

Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A.'s patents average 17.3 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 Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A. 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 Foreign Corporation

Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A.

Q: What technology areas does Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A. focus on?

Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A.'s top technology area is F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact) with 6 patents, ranking #133 of 801 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2022. 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: F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alfa ranks #38,688 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#38,688
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.1/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38688 · Foreign Corporation #38,688 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,688/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alco System Sweden AB
CPC-NARROW F28D · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2022 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alco System Sweden AB (±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 Alfa’s 29.1 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 6.7 pts (23%) Velocity 3.3 pts (11%) Breadth 8.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cascade Maverik… · near

29
CLEAN IO · near

29
Touchtype · near

29
Alfa Laval Olmi S P A · this assignee

29
Tangen Biosciences · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alfa's Innovation Score is 29.1/100 (30th percentile 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 Alfa?

Each dot is one of Alfa’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). Alfa’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Alfa's grants concentrate

Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Alfa sits between Alco System Sweden AB and Alioscopy.

Alfa's three-year grant acceleration

Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A. shows 2 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.

Alco System Swede…

6
Alesi Surgical

6
ALF Operating Par…

6
Alfa Laval Copenh…

6
Alfa Laval Vicarb…

6
Algolux

6
Alibaba Technolog…

6
Alioscopy

6
Alfa Laval Olmi S… ◀

6

What this shows Alfa holds 6 patents at rank #38,605, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alfa

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,605 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Alfa, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus), Alfa ranks #133 of 801 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

Tangen Biosciences, Inc. 29 CLEAN.IO, Inc. 29 Touchtype Limited 29 Cascade Maverik Lacrosse, LLC 29

Alfa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	4	66.7%
2022	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A. patent most?

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 6

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 5

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

B01D - Separation 1

F22B - Methods OF Steam GENERATION; Steam Boilers 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A.'s lead technology class is F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F28D
Ranked #38,688 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alfa Laval Olmi S.P.A. against Alco System Sweden AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.1/100 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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