Where does Allsteel Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Allsteel Inc. ranks #25,707 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 Allsteel Inc. hold?

Allsteel Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Allsteel Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Allsteel Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.3 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Allsteel Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Allsteel Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Allsteel Inc.'s patents?

Allsteel Inc.'s patents average 30.3 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 Allsteel 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

Allsteel Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Allsteel Inc. focus on?

Allsteel Inc.'s top technology area is E04B (General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings) with 7 patents, ranking #125 of 849 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 6 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: E04B (General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Allsteel ranks #25,707 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 6 technology areas.

#25,707
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.3/100): 30.3
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25707 · US Corporation #25,707 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,707/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Allfasteners USA
CPC-NARROW E04B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 30.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Allfasteners USA, LLC (±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 Allsteel’s 35.3 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 8.3 pts (24%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 8.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Allsteel · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Allsteel's Innovation Score is 35.3/100 (top 50% 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 Allsteel?

Each dot is one of Allsteel’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). Allsteel’s own 30.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Allsteel's grants concentrate

Allsteel Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 70% of grants classified under E04B (General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Allsteel sits between Allfasteners USA, LLC and AmCad BioMed Corporation.

Allsteel's three-year grant acceleration

Allsteel Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Allfasteners USA

10
Alliance Design a…

10
Allied Blending

10
Alloy Enterprises

10
Alpha Comm Enterp…

10
Alphora Research

10
Aluminum Industri…

10
Amcad Biomed

10
Allsteel ◀

10

What this shows Allsteel holds 10 patents at rank #25,771, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Allsteel

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,771 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04B (General Building Constructions)

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

Allsteel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% 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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Allsteel Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	30.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	3	30.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2023	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Allsteel Inc. patent most?

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 7

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 6

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

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

Allsteel Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Allsteel Inc.'s lead technology class is E04B (General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings), 70% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04B
Ranked #25,707 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Allsteel Inc. against Allfasteners USA, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.3/100 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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