Where does Guardian Industries Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Guardian Industries Corp. ranks #2,556 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 Guardian Industries Corp. hold?

Guardian Industries Corp. holds 152 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 65 technology areas.

What is Guardian Industries Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Guardian Industries Corp. has an Innovation Score of 51.3 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Guardian Industries Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Guardian Industries Corp.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Guardian Industries Corp.'s patents?

Guardian Industries Corp.'s patents average 14.8 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 Guardian Industries Corp. 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

Guardian Industries Corp.

Q: What technology areas does Guardian Industries Corp. focus on?

Guardian Industries Corp.'s top technology area is C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials) with 104 patents, ranking #9 of 498 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 65 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 152 granted patents across 65 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other MA).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Guardian ranks #2,556 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 152 patents across 65 technology areas.

#2,556
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.3/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2556 · US Corporation #2,556 · 152 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 152 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,556/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Adeia Semiconductor…
CPC-WIDE C03C · 65 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies 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 Guardian’s 51.3 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 17.4 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (49%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bard Peripheral… · near

51
Guardian Industries · this assignee

51
Hill's Pet Nutrition · near

51
iLOQ Oy · near

51
Zoll Circulation · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Guardian's Innovation Score is 51.3/100 (top 12% 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 Guardian?

Each dot is one of Guardian’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). Guardian’s own 14.8 claims/patent is at or below the 14.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Guardian's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Guardian Industries Corp. received 0 grants versus 152 in 2015–2019 (-100% equal-window velocity, bottom decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 63 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 34. Lead class C03C accounts for 68.4% of the portfolio across 65 subclasses. Volume neighbours: UNIVERSITÉ Paris CITÉ (#2,552) and Mitsui Kinzoku ACT Corporation (#2,560).

UniversitÉ Paris…

153
Adeia Semiconduct…

152
Bombardier Transp…

152
Fudan University

152
Hideep

152
Intra-cellular Th…

152
Joyson Safety Sys…

152
Mitsui Kinzoku ACT

152
Guardian Industri… ◀

152

What this shows Guardian holds 152 patents at rank #2,556, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Guardian

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,556 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Guardian, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses), Guardian ranks #9 of 498 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Zoll Circulation, Inc. 51 Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. 51 Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. 51 iLOQ Oy 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.8 here).

General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L. 14.9 avg Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd. 14.9 avg Trend Micro Incorporated 14.9 avg Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC 14.8 avg

Guardian's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Guardian Industries Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	55	36.2%
2016	63	41.4%
2017	34	22.4%

Which technologies does Guardian Industries Corp. patent most?

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 104

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 71

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 61

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 42

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 38

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 27

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 27

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 20

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

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 15

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 14

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 13

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 11

C22C - Alloys 8

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 8

Top 15 of 65 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

Guardian Industries Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Guardian Industries Corp.'s lead technology class is C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other MA), 68.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C03C
Ranked #2,556 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Guardian Industries Corp. against UNIVERSITÉ Paris CITÉ, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.3/100 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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