Where does I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. ranks #3,398 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 I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. hold?

I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. holds 109 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 52 technology areas.

What is I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.'s Innovation Score?

I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. has an Innovation Score of 59.3 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 I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.'s recent grant velocity is +188% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.'s patents?

I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.'s patents average 14.0 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 I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. 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 Foreign Corporation

I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.

Q: What technology areas does I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. focus on?

I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.'s top technology area is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking) with 64 patents. Grants appear in 52 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 109 granted patents across 52 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, I.m.a. ranks #3,398 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 109 patents across 52 technology areas.

#3,398
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.3/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent: +188%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3398 · Foreign Corporation #3,398 · 109 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 109 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,398/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Decathlon
CPC-WIDE B65B · 52 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +188% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Decathlon (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
8ME Nova · near

59
Andreas Stihl & KG · near

59
I M A Industria… · this assignee

59
Nabtesco · near

59
Worldpay · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows I.m.a.'s Innovation Score is 59.3/100 (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.

How I.m.a.'s grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. received 72 grants versus 25 in 2015–2019 (+188% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 26 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 2. Lead class B65B accounts for 58.7% of the portfolio across 52 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Decathlon (#3,394) and Neuravi Limited (#3,402).

I.m.a.'s three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. moved from 31 to 45 grants (1.45x 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 #485. See the growth leaderboard.

Decathlon

109
Elevance Renewabl…

109
Faurecia Interior…

109
Hitachi-lg Data S…

109
Ionq

109
Kerr Machine

109
Mr Bar-b-q Produc…

109
Neuravi

109
I M A Industria M… ◀

109

What this shows I.M.A. holds 109 patents at rank #3,398, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near IMA

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,398 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for IMA, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Nabtesco Corporation 59 Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG 59 Worldpay, LLC 59 8ME Nova, LLC 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.0 here).

G.D Societa' PER Azioni 14.0 avg Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 14.0 avg Airoha Technology Corp. 14.0 avg Alstom Renewable Technologies 14.0 avg

I.m.a.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

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

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	7.3%
2016	5	4.6%
2017	6	5.5%
2018	2	1.8%
2019	4	3.7%
2020	10	9.2%
2021	17	15.6%
2022	15	13.8%
2023	4	3.7%
2024	26	23.9%
2025partial year	12	11.0%

Which technologies does I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. patent most?

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 64

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 22

G01G - Weighing 19

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 12

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 8

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 8

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 7

B31D - Making Articles OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper, NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses B31b OR B31c 6

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 6

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 5

B31F - Mechanical Working OR Deformation OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 4

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 4

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 4

Top 15 of 52 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,398

of 49,997 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?

What to do with this data

I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.'s lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 58.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
Ranked #3,398 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. against Decathlon, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.3/100 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

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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

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