Where does Dresser-rand Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dresser-rand Company ranks #2,739 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 Dresser-rand Company hold?

Dresser-rand Company holds 141 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 69 technology areas.

What is Dresser-rand Company's Innovation Score?

Dresser-rand Company has an Innovation Score of 53.1 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Dresser-rand Company focus on?

Dresser-rand Company's top technology area is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps) with 54 patents, ranking #40 of 1,034 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 69 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dresser-rand Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dresser-rand Company's recent grant velocity is -71% 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 Dresser-rand Company's patents?

Dresser-rand Company's patents average 15.9 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 Dresser-rand 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

Dresser-rand Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 141 granted patents across 69 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dresser-rand ranks #2,739 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 141 patents across 69 technology areas.

#2,739
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.1/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2739 · US Corporation #2,739 · 141 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 141 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,739/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Altec Industries
CPC-WIDE F04D · 69 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Altec Industries, 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 Dresser-rand’s 53.1 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 17.1 pts (32%) Velocity 1.4 pts (3%) Breadth 25.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dresser-rand · this assignee

53
Elemental Scientific · near

53
ITT Italia S r l · near

53
Korea University OF… · near

53
Yeti Coolers · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dresser-rand's Innovation Score is 53.1/100 (top 9% 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 Dresser-rand?

Each dot is one of Dresser-rand’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). Dresser-rand’s own 15.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Dresser-rand's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Dresser-rand Company received 32 grants versus 109 in 2015–2019 (-71% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 27 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 8. Lead class F04D accounts for 38.3% of the portfolio across 69 subclasses. Volume neighbours: The George Washington University (#2,735) and Kowa Company, Ltd. (#2,743).

Dresser-rand's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Dresser-rand Company moved from 39 to 8 grants (0.20x 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 #3,087. See the growth leaderboard.

The George Washin…

142
Amosense

141
Altec Industries

141
Carl Zeiss

141
Dynaenergetics Eu…

141
International Tru…

141
Kemet

141
Kowa

141
Dresser-rand ◀

141

What this shows Dresser-rand holds 141 patents at rank #2,739, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dresser-rand

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,739 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Dresser-rand's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Dresser-rand, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps), Dresser-rand ranks #40 of 1,034 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Elemental Scientific, Inc. 53 Yeti Coolers, LLC 53 ITT Italia S.r.l. 53 Korea University OF Technology AND Education Industry-university Cooperation Foundation 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.9 here).

Modine Manufacturing Company 15.9 avg F-Secure Corporation 15.9 avg Acucela Inc. 15.9 avg Recaro Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KG 15.9 avg

Dresser-rand's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Dresser-rand Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	20	14.2%
2016	27	19.1%
2017	26	18.4%
2018	21	14.9%
2019	15	10.6%
2020	16	11.3%
2021	8	5.7%
2022	8	5.7%

Which technologies does Dresser-rand Company patent most?

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 54

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 42

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 38

F02C - Gas-turbine PLANTS; AIR Intakes FOR Jet-propulsion PLANTS; Controlling Fuel Supply IN Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants 27

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 17

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 17

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 15

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 14

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 12

B01D - Separation 11

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 10

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 8

F23R - Generating Combustion Products OF High Pressure OR High Velocity, e.g. Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers 6

F01K - Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles 6

B04B - Centrifuges 6

Top 15 of 69 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

Dresser-rand Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dresser-rand Company's lead technology class is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps), 38.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04D
Ranked #2,739 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dresser-rand Company against The George Washington University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.1/100 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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