Where does Ametek, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ametek, Inc. ranks #10,540 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 Ametek, Inc. hold?

Ametek, Inc. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is Ametek, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ametek, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.9 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ametek, Inc. focus on?

Ametek, Inc.'s top technology area is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps) with 7 patents, ranking #224 of 1,034 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

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

Ametek, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +75% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ametek, Inc.'s patents?

Ametek, Inc.'s patents average 17.6 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 Ametek, 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

Ametek, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 38 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: F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ametek ranks #10,540 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 38 technology areas.

#10,540
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.9/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: +75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10540 · US Corporation #10,540 · 29 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,540/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Agrivida
CPC-FOCUS F04D · 38 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Agrivida, Inc. (±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 Ametek’s 46.9 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 11.7 pts (25%) Velocity 2.8 pts (6%) Breadth 21.8 pts (47%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
National Pingtung… · near

47
Ametek · this assignee

47
Collateral Opportuni… · near

47
HIA · near

47
OnPoint Medical · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ametek's Innovation Score is 46.9/100 (top 20% 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 Ametek?

Each dot is one of Ametek’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). Ametek’s own 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ametek's grants concentrate

Ametek, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 24.1% of grants classified under F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Ametek sits between Agrivida, Inc. and Archery Innovators, LLC.

Ametek's three-year grant acceleration

Ametek, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Agrivida

29
Ahlstrom-munksjÖ…

29
Amcor Flexibles N…

29
Ameriforge Group

29
Aoyama Seisakusho

29
Apogenix

29
Arburg + KG

29
Archery Innovators

29
Ametek ◀

29

What this shows Ametek holds 29 patents at rank #10,529, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ametek

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,529 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ametek, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps), Ametek ranks #224 of 1,034 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Collateral Opportunities, LLC 47 HIA Technologies, Inc. 47 OnPoint Medical, Inc. 47 National Pingtung University OF Science & Technology 47

Ametek's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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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Ametek, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.4%
2016	3	10.3%
2018	1	3.4%
2019	3	10.3%
2020	4	13.8%
2021	5	17.2%
2022	3	10.3%
2023	2	6.9%
2025partial year	7	24.1%

Which technologies does Ametek, Inc. patent most?

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 5

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 2

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 2

C22C - Alloys 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

F16H - Gearing 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

Top 15 of 38 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Ametek, Inc.'s lead technology class is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps), 24.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04D
Ranked #10,540 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ametek, Inc. against Agrivida, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.9/100 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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