Where does ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC ranks #6,786 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 ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC hold?

ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC's Innovation Score?

ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC has an Innovation Score of 60.0 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC's patents?

ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC's patents average 23.8 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 ICE Thermal Harvesting, 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

ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC

Q: What technology areas does ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC focus on?

ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC's top technology area is F01K (Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles) with 49 patents, ranking #3 of 225 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 49 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: F01K (Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ICE ranks #6,786 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 12 technology areas.

#6,786
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (60.0/100): 23.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6786 · US Corporation #6,786 · 49 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,786/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Grow Solutions Tech
CPC-FOCUS F01K · 12 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Grow Solutions Tech LLC (±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 ICE’s 60.0 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 13.5 pts (23%) Velocity 20.0 pts (33%) Breadth 12.2 pts (20%) Claim depth 14.3 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Science Applications… · near

60
ICE Thermal Harvesting · this assignee

60
Molex · near

60
Rosemount · near

60
THE Invention… · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ICE's Innovation Score is 60.0/100 (top 4% 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 ICE?

Each dot is one of ICE’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). ICE’s own 23.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where ICE's grants concentrate

ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F01K (Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, ICE sits between Grow Solutions Tech LLC and Industrie DE Nora S.P.A..

ICE's three-year grant acceleration

ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC shows 45 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.

Grow Solutions Te…

49
Guangzhou Yihua E…

49
Hangzhou Hpwinner…

49
Hestan Commercial

49
Imagineering

49
IMS Gear SE & Kgaa

49
Indena S P A

49
Industrie DE Nora…

49
ICE Thermal Harve… ◀

49

What this shows ICE holds 49 patents at rank #6,786, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ICE

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,786 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F01K (Steam Engine Plants)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ICE, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F01K (Steam Engine Plants), ICE ranks #3 of 225 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

THE Invention Science Fund I, LLC 60 Rosemount Inc. 60 Molex, LLC 60 Science Applications International Corporation 60

ICE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	2.0%
2022	14	28.6%
2023	15	30.6%
2024	16	32.7%
2025partial year	3	6.1%

Which technologies does ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC patent most?

F01K - Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles 49

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 47

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 43

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 33

F24T - Geothermal COLLECTORS; Geothermal Systems 30

F22B - Methods OF Steam GENERATION; Steam Boilers 29

F02G - HOT GAS OR Combustion-product Positive-displacement Engine Plants ; USE OF Waste Heat OF Combustion ENGINES; NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 26

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 15

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 11

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 11

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 4

F02C - Gas-turbine PLANTS; AIR Intakes FOR Jet-propulsion PLANTS; Controlling Fuel Supply IN Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants 1

Top 12 of 12 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

ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC's lead technology class is F01K (Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F01K
Ranked #6,786 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC against Grow Solutions Tech LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.0/100 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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