Where does Compact Engineering LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Compact Engineering LLC ranks #45,818 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 Compact Engineering LLC hold?

Compact Engineering LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Compact Engineering LLC's Innovation Score?

Compact Engineering LLC has an Innovation Score of 27.3 out of 100 (23rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Compact Engineering LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Compact Engineering LLC's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Compact Engineering LLC's patents?

Compact Engineering LLC's patents average 9.2 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 Compact Engineering LLC 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

Compact Engineering LLC

Q: What technology areas does Compact Engineering LLC focus on?

Compact Engineering LLC's top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 1 patents, ranking #1,134 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Compact ranks #45,818 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 12 technology areas.

#45,818
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 23rd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.3/100): 9.2
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45818 · US Corporation #45,818 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,818/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Commerical Seating…
CPC-FOCUS F16L · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Commerical Seating Products, 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 Compact’s 27.3 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 (23%) Velocity 3.3 pts (12%) Breadth 12.2 pts (45%) Claim depth 5.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Compact Engineering · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Compact's Innovation Score is 27.3/100 (23rd 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 Compact?

Each dot is one of Compact’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). Compact’s own 9.2 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Compact's grants concentrate

Compact Engineering LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Compact sits between CommScope Technologies Australia Pty Ltd and Composite Technologies, LLC.

Compact's three-year grant acceleration

Compact Engineering LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Commscope Austral…

5
Commerical Seatin…

5
Commonwealth Fusi…

5
Commsky

5
Compaction

5
Compass Datacente…

5
Composite Surgical

5
Composite

5
Compact Engineeri… ◀

5

What this shows Compact holds 5 patents at rank #45,919, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Compact

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,919 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

Compact's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 23rd percentile higher than 23% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Compact Engineering LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	40.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Compact Engineering LLC patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 1

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 1

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 1

A23N - Machines OR Apparatus FOR Treating Harvested Fruit, Vegetables OR Flower Bulbs IN Bulk, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Peeling Vegetables OR Fruit IN BULK; Apparatus FOR Preparing Animal Feeding- Stuffs 1

F28G - Cleaning OF Internal OR External Surfaces OF Heat-exchange OR Heat-transfer Conduits, e.g. Water Tubes OR Boilers 1

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

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

G04G - Electronic Time-pieces 1

G04R - Radio-controlled Time-pieces 1

H04Q - Selecting 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Compact Engineering LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Compact Engineering LLC's lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #45,818 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Compact Engineering LLC against CommScope Technologies Australia Pty Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.3/100 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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