Where does Allway Tools, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Allway Tools, Inc. ranks #12,341 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 Allway Tools, Inc. hold?

Allway Tools, Inc. holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Allway Tools, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Allway Tools, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.2 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Allway Tools, Inc. focus on?

Allway Tools, Inc.'s top technology area is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 5 patents, ranking #52 of 239 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Allway Tools, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Allway Tools, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -71% 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 Allway Tools, Inc.'s patents?

Allway Tools, Inc.'s patents average 9.5 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 Allway Tools, 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

Allway Tools, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 13 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: B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Allway ranks #12,341 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 13 technology areas.

#12,341
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.2/100): 9.5
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12341 · US Corporation #12,341 · 24 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
UPPER-Q #12,341/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Agresearch
CPC-FOCUS B26B · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Agresearch Limited (±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 Allway’s 31.2 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 11.1 pts (36%) Velocity 1.7 pts (5%) Breadth 12.7 pts (41%) Claim depth 5.7 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Netsweeper (BARBADOS) · near

31
UHV · near

31
Allway Tools · this assignee

31
SuperD · near

31
Violin Memory · near

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Allway's Innovation Score is 31.2/100 (37th 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 Allway?

Each dot is one of Allway’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). Allway’s own 9.5 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Allway's grants concentrate

Allway Tools, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 20.8% of grants classified under B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Allway sits between Agresearch Limited and Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc..

Allway's three-year grant acceleration

Allway Tools, Inc. shows 1 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.

Agresearch

24
AI Alpine US Bidco

24
Aisin AW Industri…

24
Allseating

24
Alphamicron Incor…

24
Amtab Manufacturi…

24
Appvance

24
Arcutis Biotherap…

24
Allway Tools ◀

24

What this shows Allway holds 24 patents at rank #12,336, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Allway

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,336 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Allway, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools), Allway ranks #52 of 239 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

SuperD Co. Ltd. 31 Netsweeper (BARBADOS) Inc. 31 UHV Technologies, Inc. 31 Violin Memory LLC 31

Allway's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% 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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Allway Tools, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	33.3%
2016	5	20.8%
2017	3	12.5%
2018	1	4.2%
2021	4	16.7%
2022	1	4.2%
2025partial year	2	8.3%

Which technologies does Allway Tools, Inc. patent most?

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 4

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 2

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 2

B25G - Handles FOR Hand Implements 2

B25F - Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

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

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 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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

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

B44D - Painting OR Artistic Drawing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preserving PAINTINGS; Surface Treatment TO Obtain Special Artistic Surface Effects OR Finishes 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Allway Tools, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Allway Tools, Inc.'s lead technology class is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 20.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B26B
Ranked #12,341 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Allway Tools, Inc. against Agresearch Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.2/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.