Where does American Railcar Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), American Railcar Industries, Inc. ranks #44,666 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 American Railcar Industries, Inc. hold?

American Railcar Industries, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2018, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is American Railcar Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

American Railcar Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.8 out of 100 (16th 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 American Railcar Industries, Inc. focus on?

American Railcar Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is B61D (Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is American Railcar Industries, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

American Railcar Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 American Railcar Industries, Inc.'s patents?

American Railcar Industries, Inc.'s patents average 19.2 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 American Railcar Industries, 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

American Railcar Industries, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2018. 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: B61D (Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, American ranks #44,666 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#44,666
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 16th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.8/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44666 · US Corporation #44,666 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,666/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Amal Therapeutics
CPC-NARROW B61D · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Amal Therapeutics SA (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
American Railcar… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows American's Innovation Score is 24.8/100 (16th 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.

Where American's grants concentrate

American Railcar Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B61D (Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, American sits between Amal Therapeutics SA and Amida Technology Solutions, Inc.

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What this shows American holds 5 patents at rank #44,858, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near American

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,858 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B61D (Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles)

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

American's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 16th percentile higher than 16% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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American Railcar Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	40.0%
2018	3	60.0%

Which technologies does American Railcar Industries, Inc. patent most?

B61D - Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#44,666

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

24.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

American Railcar Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

American Railcar Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is B61D (Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B61D
Ranked #44,666 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare American Railcar Industries, Inc. against Amal Therapeutics SA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.8/100 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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