Where does Armtec Defense Products Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Armtec Defense Products Co. ranks #44,830 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 Armtec Defense Products Co. hold?

Armtec Defense Products Co. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Armtec Defense Products Co.'s Innovation Score?

Armtec Defense Products Co. has an Innovation Score of 44.3 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Armtec Defense Products Co. focus on?

Armtec Defense Products Co.'s top technology area is C06C (Detonating OR Priming DEVICES; Fuses ; Chemical LIGHTERS; Pyrophoric Compositions) with 4 patents, ranking #6 of 32 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Armtec Defense Products Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Armtec Defense Products Co.'s recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Armtec Defense Products Co.'s patents?

Armtec Defense Products Co.'s patents average 18.4 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 Armtec Defense Products Co. 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

Armtec Defense Products Co.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: C06C (Detonating OR Priming DEVICES; Fuses ; Chemical LIGHTERS; Pyrophoric Compositions).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Armtec ranks #44,830 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#44,830
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.3/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44830 · US Corporation #44,830 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,830/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Arizona Chemical
CPC-NARROW C06C · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Arizona Chemical Company, LLC (±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 Armtec’s 44.3 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 6.2 pts (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (45%) Breadth 7.1 pts (16%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Armtec Defense… · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Armtec's Innovation Score is 44.3/100 (top 26% 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 Armtec?

Each dot is one of Armtec’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). Armtec’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Armtec's grants concentrate

Armtec Defense Products Co. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under C06C (Detonating OR Priming DEVICES; Fuses ; Chemical LIGHTERS; Pyrophoric Compositions). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Armtec sits between Arizona Chemical Company, LLC and Arpac, LLC.

Armtec's three-year grant acceleration

Armtec Defense Products Co. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Arizona Chemical

5
Ark Semiconductor

5
Arkestro

5
Armata Pharmaceut…

5
Army Academy of A…

5
Arnolds Innovatio…

5
Arovia

5
Arpac

5
Armtec Defense Pr… ◀

5

What this shows Armtec holds 5 patents at rank #44,937, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Armtec

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,937 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C06C (Detonating OR Priming Devices)

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

Armtec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Armtec Defense Products Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2024	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Armtec Defense Products Co. patent most?

C06C - Detonating OR Priming DEVICES; Fuses ; Chemical LIGHTERS; Pyrophoric Compositions 4

C06B - Explosives OR Thermic Compositions ; Manufacture THEREOF; USE OF Single Substances AS Explosives 4

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Armtec Defense Products Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Armtec Defense Products Co.'s lead technology class is C06C (Detonating OR Priming DEVICES; Fuses ; Chemical LIGHTERS; Pyrophoric Compositions), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C06C
Ranked #44,830 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Armtec Defense Products Co. against Arizona Chemical Company, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.3/100 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.

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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