Where does Delta Valve, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Delta Valve, LLC ranks #34,981 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 Valve, LLC hold?

Delta Valve, LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Delta Valve, LLC's Innovation Score?

Delta Valve, LLC has an Innovation Score of 24.1 out of 100 (14th 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 Delta Valve, LLC focus on?

Delta Valve, LLC'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 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Delta Valve, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Delta Valve, LLC's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Delta Valve, LLC's patents?

Delta Valve, LLC's patents average 15.0 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 Delta Valve, 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

Delta Valve, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 5 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Delta ranks #34,981 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 5 technology areas.

#34,981
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.1/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34981 · US Corporation #34,981 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,981/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Del Monte Foods
CPC-NARROW F16K · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Del Monte Foods, 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 Delta’s 24.1 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 (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (33%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Delta Valve · this assignee

24
On Point Ball Marker · near

24
Chase · near

24
Flo-Tech · near

24
New H3C Information · near

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Delta's Innovation Score is 24.1/100 (14th 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 Delta?

Each dot is one of Delta’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). Delta’s own 15.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Delta's grants concentrate

Delta Valve, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Delta sits between Del Monte Foods, Inc. and Dematic Systems GmbH.

Del Monte Foods

7
Delight Innovative

7
Delsun

7
Delta Networks

7
Deltak Manufactur…

7
Deltatek Oil Tools

7
Deltek

7
Dematic Systems

7
Delta Valve ◀

7

What this shows Delta holds 7 patents at rank #35,029, 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 #35,029 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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). In F16K (Valves), Delta ranks #363 of 1,836 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (24 here).

On Point Ball Marker LLC 24 Chase Corporation 24 New H3C Information Technologies Co., Ltd. 24 Flo-Tech, LLC 24

Delta's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% 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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Delta Valve, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	5	71.4%
2020	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Delta Valve, LLC patent most?

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

C10B - Destructive Distillation OF Carbonaceous Materials FOR Production OF GAS, Coke, TAR, OR Similar Materials 5

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 1

B01D - Separation 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Delta Valve, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Delta Valve, LLC's lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #34,981 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Delta Valve, LLC against Del Monte Foods, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.1/100 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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