Where does Conbraco Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Conbraco Industries, Inc. ranks #28,472 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 Conbraco Industries, Inc. hold?

Conbraco Industries, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Conbraco Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Conbraco Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.0 out of 100 (22nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Conbraco Industries, Inc. focus on?

Conbraco Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating) with 6 patents, ranking #363 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Conbraco Industries, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Conbraco Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -71% 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 Conbraco Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Conbraco Industries, Inc.'s patents average 12.2 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 Conbraco Industries, 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

Conbraco Industries, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Conbraco ranks #28,472 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 11 technology areas.

#28,472
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.0/100): 12.2
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28472 · US Corporation #28,472 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,472/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CommuniCare Technology
CPC-FOCUS F16K · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CommuniCare Technology, 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 Conbraco’s 27.0 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 8.0 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (43%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Conbraco Industries · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Conbraco's Innovation Score is 27.0/100 (22nd 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 Conbraco?

Each dot is one of Conbraco’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). Conbraco’s own 12.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Conbraco's grants concentrate

Conbraco Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Conbraco sits between CommuniCare Technology, Inc. and Connec Limited.

Communicare Techn…

9
Comotomo 2022

9
Compact Container…

9
Conary Enterprise

9
Conceivable Life…

9
Condair

9
Conductix

9
Connec

9
Conbraco Industri… ◀

9

What this shows Conbraco holds 9 patents at rank #28,491, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Conbraco

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,491 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

Conbraco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

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

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Conbraco Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	22.2%
2017	2	22.2%
2019	3	33.3%
2020	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Conbraco Industries, Inc. patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 4

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 4

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 3

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

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

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 1

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

B25F - Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Conbraco Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Conbraco Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #28,472 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Conbraco Industries, Inc. against CommuniCare Technology, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.0/100 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

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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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