Where does Derrick Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Derrick Corporation ranks #4,079 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 Derrick Corporation hold?

Derrick Corporation holds 88 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Derrick Corporation's Innovation Score?

Derrick Corporation has an Innovation Score of 52.2 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Derrick Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Derrick Corporation's recent grant velocity is +96% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Derrick Corporation's patents?

Derrick Corporation's patents average 25.8 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 Derrick Corporation 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

Derrick Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Derrick Corporation focus on?

Derrick Corporation's top technology area is B07B (Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material) with 84 patents, ranking #1 of 215 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 88 granted patents across 17 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: B07B (Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Mate).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Derrick ranks #4,079 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 88 patents across 17 technology areas.

#4,079
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.2/100): 25.8
avg claims per patent: +96%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4079 · US Corporation #4,079 · 88 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 88 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,079/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH American Air Liquide
CPC-FOCUS B07B · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +96% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: American Air Liquide, 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 Derrick’s 52.2 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 15.5 pts (30%) Velocity 7.1 pts (14%) Breadth 14.6 pts (28%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
3shape A/S · near

52
Ablic · near

52
Derrick · this assignee

52
Zazzle · near

52
Zhejiang Cfmoto Power · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Derrick's Innovation Score is 52.2/100 (top 10% 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 Derrick?

Each dot is one of Derrick’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). Derrick’s own 25.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Derrick's grants concentrate

Derrick Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 95.5% of grants classified under B07B (Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Mate). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (17 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Derrick sits between American Air Liquide, Inc. and Hollingsworth & Vose Company.

Derrick's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Derrick Corporation moved from 30 to 32 grants (1.07x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

American Air Liqu…

88
Blackhawk Network

88
Brady Worldwide

88
Dwango

88
Fositek

88
Glycom A/S

88
Georgia-pacific C…

88
Hollingsworth & V…

88
Derrick ◀

88

What this shows Derrick holds 88 patents at rank #4,080, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Derrick

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,080 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B07B (Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Derrick, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B07B (Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving), Derrick ranks #1 of 215 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Zhejiang Cfmoto Power Co., Ltd. 52 Zazzle Inc. 52 3shape A/S 52 Ablic Inc. 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (25.8 here).

ResMed Corp. 25.8 avg Security First Corp. 25.8 avg ATI Properties LLC 25.8 avg Crystal IS, Inc. 25.8 avg

Derrick's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% 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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Derrick Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	5.7%
2016	8	9.1%
2017	1	1.1%
2018	7	8.0%
2019	7	8.0%
2020	6	6.8%
2021	17	19.3%
2022	13	14.8%
2023	9	10.2%
2024	10	11.4%
2025partial year	5	5.7%

Which technologies does Derrick Corporation patent most?

B07B - Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material 84

B01D - Separation 29

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 29

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 29

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 28

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 9

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 6

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 2

B04B - Centrifuges 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Derrick Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Derrick Corporation's lead technology class is B07B (Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Mate), 95.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B07B
Ranked #4,079 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Derrick Corporation against American Air Liquide, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.2/100 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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