Where does Differential Engineering Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Differential Engineering Inc. ranks #39,828 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 Differential Engineering Inc. hold?

Differential Engineering Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Differential Engineering Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Differential Engineering Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.5 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Differential Engineering Inc. focus on?

Differential Engineering Inc.'s top technology area is C22B (Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials) with 6 patents, ranking #52 of 335 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Differential Engineering Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Differential Engineering Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Differential Engineering Inc.'s patents?

Differential Engineering Inc.'s patents average 20.2 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 Differential Engineering 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

Differential Engineering Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 8 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: C22B (Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Differential ranks #39,828 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 8 technology areas.

#39,828
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.5/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39828 · US Corporation #39,828 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #39,828/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Diadem S r l
CPC-NARROW C22B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Diadem S.r.l. (±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 Differential’s 35.5 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 6.7 pts (19%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 10.0 pts (28%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (34%)

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What this shows Differential's Innovation Score is 35.5/100 (top 49% 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 Differential?

Each dot is one of Differential’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). Differential’s own 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Differential's grants concentrate

Differential Engineering Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C22B (Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials). By volume, Differential sits between Diadem S.r.l. and Diligent Robotics, Inc..

Differential's three-year grant acceleration

Differential Engineering Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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What this shows Differential holds 6 patents at rank #39,868, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Differential

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,868 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C22B (Production AND Refining OF Metals)

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

Differential's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 49% higher than 51% 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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Differential Engineering Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2016	1	16.7%
2017	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Differential Engineering Inc. patent most?

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 4

B01D - Separation 4

B09B - Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B09C - Reclamation OF Contaminated Soil 2

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 2

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 2

Top 8 of 8 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

Differential Engineering Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Differential Engineering Inc.'s lead technology class is C22B (Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C22B
Ranked #39,828 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Differential Engineering Inc. against Diadem S.r.l., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.5/100 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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