Where does Dwyer Instruments, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dwyer Instruments, LLC ranks #13,394 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 Dwyer Instruments, LLC hold?

Dwyer Instruments, LLC holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Dwyer Instruments, LLC's Innovation Score?

Dwyer Instruments, LLC has an Innovation Score of 40.2 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%).

What technology areas does Dwyer Instruments, LLC focus on?

Dwyer Instruments, LLC's top technology area is G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume) with 7 patents, ranking #132 of 1,205 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dwyer Instruments, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dwyer Instruments, LLC's recent grant velocity is +75% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Dwyer Instruments, LLC's patents?

Dwyer Instruments, LLC's patents average 12.1 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 Dwyer Instruments, 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

Dwyer Instruments, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dwyer ranks #13,394 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 17 technology areas.

#13,394
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.2/100): 12.1
avg claims per patent: +75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13394 · US Corporation #13,394 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,394/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dollar Shave Club
CPC-FOCUS G01F · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dollar Shave Club, 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 Dwyer’s 40.2 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 10.8 pts (27%) Velocity 7.5 pts (19%) Breadth 14.6 pts (36%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ai Cure · near

40
Carl Zeiss MultiSEM · near

40
Dwyer Instruments · this assignee

40
Sensible Medical… · near

40
Tarana Wireless · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dwyer's Innovation Score is 40.2/100 (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 Dwyer?

Each dot is one of Dwyer’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). Dwyer’s own 12.1 claims/patent is at or below the 18.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Dwyer's grants concentrate

Dwyer Instruments, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 31.8% of grants classified under G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Dwyer sits between Dollar Shave Club, Inc. and Emtensor GMBH.

Dwyer's three-year grant acceleration

Dwyer Instruments, LLC shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Dollar Shave Club

22
Dorf Ketal Chemic…

22
Douglas Machine

22
Duplicent

22
Eliiy Power

22
Elkamet Kunststof…

22
Emerson Paradigm…

22
Emtensor

22
Dwyer Instruments ◀

22

What this shows Dwyer holds 22 patents at rank #13,393, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dwyer

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,393 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01F (Measuring Volume)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Dwyer, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01F (Measuring Volume), Dwyer ranks #132 of 1,205 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Sensible Medical Innovations Ltd. 40 Carl Zeiss MultiSEM GmbH 40 Tarana Wireless, Inc. 40 Ai Cure Technologies LLC 40

Dwyer'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 · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Dwyer Instruments, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.5%
2016	2	9.1%
2017	1	4.5%
2018	1	4.5%
2019	3	13.6%
2020	5	22.7%
2022	3	13.6%
2023	6	27.3%

Which technologies does Dwyer Instruments, LLC patent most?

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 7

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 4

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 3

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 1

F04F - Pumping OF Fluid BY Direct Contact OF Another Fluid OR BY Using Inertia OF Fluid TO BE Pumped ; Siphons 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F15D - Fluid Dynamics, i.e. Methods OR Means FOR Influencing THE Flow OF Gases OR Liquids 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 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

Dwyer Instruments, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dwyer Instruments, LLC's lead technology class is G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume), 31.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01F
Ranked #13,394 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dwyer Instruments, LLC against Dollar Shave Club, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.2/100 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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