Where does Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc. ranks #10,255 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 Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc. hold?

Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc. holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.4 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc. focus on?

Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc.'s top technology area is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs) with 11 patents, ranking #89 of 815 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -19% 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 Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc.'s patents?

Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc.'s patents average 14.7 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 Armament Systems and Procedures, 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

Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 21 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: E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Armament ranks #10,255 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 21 technology areas.

#10,255
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.4/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10255 · US Corporation #10,255 · 30 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,255/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH All-Clad Metalcrafte…
CPC-FOCUS E05B · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: All-Clad Metalcrafters, L.L.C. (±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 Armament’s 41.4 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 11.9 pts (29%) Velocity 4.4 pts (11%) Breadth 16.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Altor Bioscience · near

41
Armament Systems… · this assignee

41
Continental… · near

41
Kolmar Korea · near

41
Yoke Industrial · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Armament's Innovation Score is 41.4/100 (top 33% 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 Armament?

Each dot is one of Armament’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). Armament’s own 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Armament's grants concentrate

Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 36.7% of grants classified under E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Armament sits between All-Clad Metalcrafters, L.L.C. and Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH.

Armament's three-year grant acceleration

Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc. shows 8 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.

All-clad Metalcra…

30
Altium Packaging

30
Appulse Power

30
Argus Cyber Secur…

30
Atropos

30
B &W Custom Truck…

30
B&B Italia S p A

30
Bauer Spezialtief…

30
Armament Systems… ◀

30

What this shows Armament holds 30 patents at rank #10,258, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Armament

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,258 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05B (Locks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Armament, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E05B (Locks), Armament ranks #89 of 815 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Kolmar Korea Co., Ltd. 41 Continental Advanced Lidar Solutions US, Inc. 41 Altor Bioscience LLC 41 Yoke Industrial Corp. 41

Armament's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% 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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Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.7%
2016	2	6.7%
2017	4	13.3%
2018	1	3.3%
2019	7	23.3%
2020	1	3.3%
2021	4	13.3%
2022	3	10.0%
2023	3	10.0%
2024	2	6.7%
2025partial year	1	3.3%

Which technologies does Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc. patent most?

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 11

F41B - Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 6

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 6

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 6

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 5

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 3

B21K - Making Forged OR Pressed Metal Products, e.g. Horse-shoes, Rivets, Bolts OR Wheels 2

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

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 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 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

Top 15 of 21 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

Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc.'s lead technology class is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs), 36.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E05B
Ranked #10,255 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc. against All-Clad Metalcrafters, L.L.C., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.4/100 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.

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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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