USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Howmet Aerospace Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 51 granted patents across 26 technology areas, active 2020–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: F16B (DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

12.7

Avg claims per patent

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Howmet holds 51 US patents across 26 technology areas, rank #6,540 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#6,540
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.3/100): 12.7
avg claims per patent

Portfolio overview

Howmet Aerospace Inc. has been granted 51 US utility patents between 2020 and 2025, placing Howmet Aerospace Inc. at rank #6,540 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 26 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 12.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in F16B (DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING). As a US Corporation, Howmet Aerospace Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Howmet sits between Guangzhou Tyrafos Semiconductor Technologies Co., Ltd. (51 patents, rank #6,536) and IP Reservoir, Llc (51 patents, rank #6,544) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 59.3/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Historical data spans 2020 through 2025, with 51 total grants over that period. Velocity comparisons require five years of historical filings to calibrate. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Howmet Aerospace Inc.'s 12.7 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 26 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Howmet Aerospace Inc. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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51

What this shows Howmet holds 51 patents at rank #6,540, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Howmet

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,540 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

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

Howmet's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Howmet Aerospace Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	4	7.8%
2021	6	11.8%
2022	7	13.7%
2023	11	21.6%
2024	12	23.5%
2025	11	21.6%

Which technologies does Howmet Aerospace Inc. patent most?

F16B - DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING 22

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 14

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; PRESSING METAL; RIVETING; FORGE FURNACES 9

B60B - VEHICLE WHEELS ; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION 5

C22F - CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS AND NON-FERROUS ALLOYS 4

C22C - ALLOYS 4

H01R - ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS 4

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 4

B23B - TURNING; BORING 2

E05C - BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS 2

E05B - LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS 2

Y02T - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION 2

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 2

B33Y - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING 2

B23P - METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS 1

Top 15 of 26 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Light

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#6,540

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

59.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Howmet Aerospace Inc. hold?

Howmet Aerospace Inc. holds 51 US granted patents filed between 2020 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Howmet Aerospace Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Howmet Aerospace Inc. has an Innovation Score of 59.3 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Howmet Aerospace Inc. focus on?

Howmet Aerospace Inc.'s top technology area is F16B (DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING) with 22 patents. The company has filed patents in 26 CPC subclasses total.

Is Howmet Aerospace Inc.'s patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Howmet Aerospace Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Howmet Aerospace Inc.'s patents?

Howmet Aerospace Inc.'s patents average 12.7 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Howmet Aerospace 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.

How to use this portfolio

Howmet's 51 grants land it in the top 4% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Howmet ranks #6,540 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in F16B - see who else leads that technology area. F16B leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.