Where does Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc. ranks #31,418 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 Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc. hold?

Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.5 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc.'s patents?

Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc.'s patents average 7.0 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 Diversified Metal Fabricators, 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

Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc. focus on?

Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc.'s top technology area is B60F (Vehicles FOR USE Both ON Rail AND ON ROAD; Amphibious OR Like VEHICLES; Convertible Vehicles) with 3 patents, ranking #9 of 47 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: B60F (Vehicles FOR USE Both ON Rail AND ON ROAD; Amphibious OR Like VEHICLES; Convertible Vehicles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Diversified ranks #31,418 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#31,418
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.5/100): 7.0
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31418 · US Corporation #31,418 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,418/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Disintermediation…
CPC-NARROW B60F · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Disintermediation Services, 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 Diversified’s 40.5 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 7.6 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (49%) Breadth 8.7 pts (21%) Claim depth 4.2 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Diversified Metal… · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Diversified's Innovation Score is 40.5/100 (top 36% 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 Diversified?

Each dot is one of Diversified’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). Diversified’s own 7.0 claims/patent is at or below the 13.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Diversified's grants concentrate

Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under B60F (Vehicles FOR USE Both ON Rail AND ON ROAD; Amphibious OR Like VEHICLES; Convertible Vehicles). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Diversified sits between Disintermediation Services, Inc. and Dm3d Technology, LLC.

Diversified's three-year grant acceleration

Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Disintermediation…

8
Dispersol

8
Dissing A/S

8
Distributed Solar…

8
Divi's Laboratori…

8
DJO Global Switze…

8
DLX Enterprises

8
Dm3d Technology

8
Diversified Metal… ◀

8

What this shows Diversified holds 8 patents at rank #31,391, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Diversified

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,391 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60F (Vehicles FOR USE Both ON Rail AND ON ROAD)

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

Diversified's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%
2023	4	50.0%
2024	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc. patent most?

B60F - Vehicles FOR USE Both ON Rail AND ON ROAD; Amphibious OR Like VEHICLES; Convertible Vehicles 3

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B61F - Rail Vehicle Suspensions, e.g. Underframes, Bogies OR Arrangements OF Wheel AXLES; Rail Vehicles FOR USE ON Tracks OF Different WIDTH; Preventing Derailing OF Rail VEHICLES; Wheel Guards, Obstruction Removers OR THE Like FOR Rail Vehicles 1

B61C - LOCOMOTIVES; Motor Railcars 1

B61D - Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc.'s lead technology class is B60F (Vehicles FOR USE Both ON Rail AND ON ROAD; Amphibious OR Like VEHICLES; Convertible Vehicles), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60F
Ranked #31,418 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc. against Disintermediation Services, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.5/100 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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