Where does Controls Southeast, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Controls Southeast, Inc. ranks #31,285 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 Controls Southeast, Inc. hold?

Controls Southeast, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Controls Southeast, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Controls Southeast, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.0 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Controls Southeast, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Controls Southeast, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Controls Southeast, Inc.'s patents?

Controls Southeast, Inc.'s patents average 17.0 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 Controls Southeast, 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

Controls Southeast, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Controls Southeast, Inc. focus on?

Controls Southeast, Inc.'s top technology area is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c) with 4 patents, ranking #584 of 1,689 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Controls ranks #31,285 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 11 technology areas.

#31,285
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.0/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31285 · US Corporation #31,285 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,285/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Consorzio Delta TI…
CPC-FOCUS C01B · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Consorzio Delta TI Research (±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 Controls’s 34.0 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 7.6 pts (22%) Velocity 4.4 pts (13%) Breadth 11.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Controls Southeast · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Controls's Innovation Score is 34.0/100 (46th 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 Controls?

Each dot is one of Controls’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). Controls’s own 17.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Controls's grants concentrate

Controls Southeast, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Controls sits between Consorzio Delta TI Research and CORSIGHT.AI.

Controls's three-year grant acceleration

Controls Southeast, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Consorzio Delta T…

8
Conta-clip Verbin…

8
Continental Engin…

8
Contra Vision

8
Convion OY

8
Conway Electric

8
Coronet Cyber Sec…

8
Corsight AI

8
Controls Southeast ◀

8

What this shows Controls holds 8 patents at rank #31,203, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Controls

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,203 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C01B (Non-metallic Elements)

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

Controls's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Controls Southeast, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	12.5%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	1	12.5%
2020	2	25.0%
2023	1	12.5%
2024	1	12.5%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Controls Southeast, Inc. patent most?

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 4

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 4

B01D - Separation 4

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 3

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 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

Controls Southeast, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Controls Southeast, Inc.'s lead technology class is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C01B
Ranked #31,285 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Controls Southeast, Inc. against Consorzio Delta TI Research, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.0/100 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

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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