Where does Delta Faucet Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Delta Faucet Company ranks #316 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 Delta Faucet Company hold?

Delta Faucet Company holds 1,351 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 70 technology areas.

What is Delta Faucet Company's Innovation Score?

Delta Faucet Company has an Innovation Score of 58.7 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Delta Faucet Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Delta Faucet Company's recent grant velocity is +29% 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 Delta Faucet Company's patents?

Delta Faucet Company's patents average 4.2 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 Delta Faucet Company 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

Delta Faucet Company

Q: What technology areas does Delta Faucet Company focus on?

Delta Faucet Company's top technology area is E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks) with 146 patents. Grants appear in 70 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,351 granted patents across 70 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Delta ranks #316 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,351 patents across 70 technology areas.

#316
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.7/100): 4.2
avg claims per patent: +29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R316 · US Corporation #316 · 1,351 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.4K grants
TOP-DECILE #316/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Acer Incorporated
CPC-WIDE E03C · 70 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Acer Incorporated (±1 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Airbus Defence and… · near

59
Deepx · near

59
Delta Faucet · this assignee

59
Nippon Sheet Glass · near

59
Voith Patent · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Delta's Innovation Score is 58.7/100 (top 4% 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.

How Delta's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Delta Faucet Company received 723 grants versus 562 in 2015–2019 (+29% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 220 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 42. Lead class E03C accounts for 10.8% of the portfolio across 70 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Textron Innovations Inc. (#312) and Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH (#320).

Delta's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Delta Faucet Company moved from 485 to 454 grants (0.94x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,373. See the growth leaderboard.

Textron Innovatio…

1,370
Hubbell Incorpora…

1,369
University of Flo…

1,362
Qorvo US

1,359
Delta Faucet ◀

1,351
Acer Incorporated

1,350
Exxonmobil Chemic…

1,350
Beijing Bytedance…

1,348
Sanofi-aventis De…

1,348

What this shows Delta holds 1,351 patents at rank #316, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Delta

By rank, the assignees closest to #316 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Delta, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 59 Voith Patent GmbH 59 Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited 59 Deepx Co., Ltd. 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (4.2 here).

Yealink (XIAMEN) Network Technology Co., Ltd. 4.2 avg b.box for kids developments Pty Ltd 4.3 avg Ningbo Futai Electric Limited 4.3 avg Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited 4.3 avg

Delta's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Delta Faucet Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	42	3.1%
2016	101	7.5%
2017	117	8.7%
2018	86	6.4%
2019	216	16.0%
2020	108	8.0%
2021	161	11.9%
2022	220	16.3%
2023	100	7.4%
2024	134	9.9%
2025partial year	66	4.9%

Which technologies does Delta Faucet Company patent most?

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 146

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 82

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 52

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 39

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 31

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 16

E03D - Water-closets OR Urinals With Flushing DEVICES; Flushing Valves Therefor 13

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 13

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 8

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 6

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 6

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 5

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 5

Top 15 of 70 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#316

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

58.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Delta Faucet Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Delta Faucet Company's lead technology class is E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks), 10.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E03C
Ranked #316 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Delta Faucet Company against Textron Innovations Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.7/100 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

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