Where does Circor Aerospace, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Circor Aerospace, Inc. ranks #34,755 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 Circor Aerospace, Inc. hold?

Circor Aerospace, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2019, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Circor Aerospace, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Circor Aerospace, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.2 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Circor Aerospace, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Circor Aerospace, Inc.'s patents?

Circor Aerospace, Inc.'s patents average 18.9 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 Circor Aerospace, 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

Circor Aerospace, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Circor Aerospace, Inc. focus on?

Circor Aerospace, Inc.'s top technology area is G01P (Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement) with 2 patents, ranking #209 of 706 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2019. 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: G01P (Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Circor ranks #34,755 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 15 technology areas.

#34,755
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.2/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34755 · US Corporation #34,755 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,755/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CHS Pharma
CPC-FOCUS G01P · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CHS Pharma 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 Circor’s 32.2 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 7.2 pts (22%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (43%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Circor Aerospace · this assignee

32
Formway Furniture · near

32
Performance… · near

32
Varidesk · near

32
Wi-Fi One · near

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Circor's Innovation Score is 32.2/100 (40th percentile 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 Circor?

Each dot is one of Circor’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). Circor’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Circor's grants concentrate

Circor Aerospace, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 28.6% of grants classified under G01P (Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Circor sits between CHS Pharma Inc. and Civil Aviation University OF China.

CHS Pharma

7
CHT Germany

7
Cienet (Beijing)

7
Circle Graphics

7
CIS Global

7
Cision US

7
Citel

7
Civil Aviation Un…

7
Circor Aerospace ◀

7

What this shows Circor holds 7 patents at rank #34,686, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Circor

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,686 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01P (Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Circor, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01P (Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed), Circor ranks #209 of 706 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

Performance Materials NA, Inc. 32 Formway Furniture Limited 32 Varidesk, LLC 32 Wi-Fi One, LLC 32

Circor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2019

Grants by year

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

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Circor Aerospace, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	3	42.9%

Which technologies does Circor Aerospace, Inc. patent most?

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 2

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 1

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 1

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 1

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

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

F04F - Pumping OF Fluid BY Direct Contact OF Another Fluid OR BY Using Inertia OF Fluid TO BE Pumped ; Siphons 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 1

Top 15 of 15 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

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

Circor Aerospace, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01P (Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement), 28.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01P
Ranked #34,755 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Circor Aerospace, Inc. against CHS Pharma Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.2/100 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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