Armaments Research Company, Inc.
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 42 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Armaments ranks #7,660 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 42 patents across 11 technology areas.
- #7,660
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 6%
- by Innovation Score (56.3/100)
- 19.3
- avg claims per patent
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R7660 · US Corporation #7,660 · 42 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
- GRANTS-SMALL 42 grants
- UPPER-Q #7,660/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Allergan Industrie SAS
- CPC-FOCUS F41A · 11 areas
- INNOV-PAR 56.3/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 19.3 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
- BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Allergan Industrie, SAS (±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 Armaments’s 56.3 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Armaments
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Armaments Research · this assignee
Armaments Research · this assignee
56 score
- Asml Holding · near
Asml Holding · near
56 score
- Bionime · near
Bionime · near
56 score
- Holtec International · near
Holtec International · near
56 score
- Soliton · near
Soliton · near
56 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Armaments's Innovation Score is 56.3/100 (top 6% 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 Armaments?
Each dot is one of Armaments’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). Armaments’s own 19.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Armaments's grants concentrate
Armaments Research Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 92.9% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (16 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Armaments sits between Ascendis Pharma A/S and Beijing Superstring Academy OF Memory Technology.
Armaments's three-year grant acceleration
Armaments Research Company, Inc. shows 34 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.
Who files at Armaments's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Ascendis Pharma A…
Ascendis Pharma A/S
42 patents
- Allergan Industri…
Allergan Industrie, SAS
42 patents
- Amtech Systems
Amtech Systems, LLC
42 patents
- Arity Internation…
Arity International Limited
42 patents
- Attochron
Attochron, LLC
42 patents
- Aurigene Discovery
Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited
42 patents
- Banma Zhixing Net…
Banma Zhixing Network (HONGKONG) Co., Limited
42 patents
- Beijing Superstri…
Beijing Superstring Academy OF Memory Technology
42 patents
- Armaments Research ◀
Armaments Research Company, Inc.
42 patents
What this shows Armaments holds 42 patents at rank #7,661, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Armaments
By rank, the assignees closest to #7,661 in granted patent volume.
- Ascendis Pharma A/S #7,657 · 42 patents
- Allergan Industrie, SAS #7,658 · 42 patents
- Amtech Systems, LLC #7,659 · 42 patents
- Arity International Limited #7,660 · 42 patents
- Attochron, LLC #7,662 · 42 patents
- Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited #7,663 · 42 patents
- Banma Zhixing Network (HONGKONG) Co., Limited #7,664 · 42 patents
- Beijing Superstring Academy OF Memory Technology #7,665 · 42 patents
Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Armaments's primary technology class.
- Smith & Wesson Inc. 86 in class
- SIG Sauer Inc. 80 in class
- Magpul Industries Corp. 79 in class
- WHG Properties, LLC 75 in class
- The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army 70 in class
- Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. 58 in class
- Lwrc International LLC 49 in class
- Vista Outdoor Operations LLC 46 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Armaments, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…), Armaments ranks #10 of 374 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).
Armaments's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 4.8% |
| 2021 | 4 | 9.5% |
| 2022 | 16 | 38.1% |
| 2023 | 6 | 14.3% |
| 2024 | 12 | 28.6% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 4.8% |
Which technologies does Armaments Research Company, Inc. patent most?
Top 11 of 11 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Armaments Research Company, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Armaments Research Company, Inc.'s lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 92.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
- Ranked #7,660 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Armaments Research Company, Inc. against Ascendis Pharma A/S, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 56.3/100 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.
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