Where does Centrix Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Centrix Inc. ranks #8,997 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 Centrix Inc. hold?

Centrix Inc. holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Centrix Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Centrix Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.7 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Centrix Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +69% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Centrix Inc.'s patents average 12.1 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 Centrix 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

Centrix Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Centrix Inc. focus on?

Centrix Inc.'s top technology area is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing) with 24 patents, ranking #32 of 2,095 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Centrix ranks #8,997 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 13 technology areas.

#8,997
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.7/100): 12.1
avg claims per patent: +69%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8997 · US Corporation #8,997 · 35 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #8,997/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bostik
CPC-FOCUS F16B · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +69% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bostik, 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 Centrix’s 36.7 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 12.4 pts (34%) Velocity 4.3 pts (12%) Breadth 12.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Centrix · this assignee

37
Distalmotion · near

37
FullStory · near

37
Hornady Manufacturing · near

37
Kingston Digital · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Centrix's Innovation Score is 36.7/100 (top 46% 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 Centrix?

Each dot is one of Centrix’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). Centrix’s own 12.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Centrix's grants concentrate

Centrix Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 68.6% of grants classified under F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Centrix sits between Bostik, Inc. and CJ CGV Co., Ltd..

Centrix's three-year grant acceleration

Centrix Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Bostik

35
Buckman Laborator…

35
Camtek

35
Case-mate

35
CFD Research

35
China Electric Po…

35
Cixi Huazhijie Pl…

35
CJ CGV

35
Centrix ◀

35

What this shows Centrix holds 35 patents at rank #8,996, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Centrix

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,996 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Centrix, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…), Centrix ranks #32 of 2,095 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Distalmotion SA 37 Hornady Manufacturing Company 37 FullStory, Inc. 37 Kingston Digital, Inc. 37

Centrix's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Centrix Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	5.7%
2017	1	2.9%
2018	4	11.4%
2019	6	17.1%
2020	5	14.3%
2021	6	17.1%
2022	4	11.4%
2023	6	17.1%
2024	1	2.9%

Which technologies does Centrix Inc. patent most?

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 24

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 1

A46B - Brushes 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

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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

Centrix Inc.'s lead technology class is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing), 68.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16B
Ranked #8,997 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Centrix Inc. against Bostik, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.7/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.