Where does IMA Life North America Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IMA Life North America Inc. ranks #26,525 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 IMA Life North America Inc. hold?

IMA Life North America Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is IMA Life North America Inc.'s Innovation Score?

IMA Life North America Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.2 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does IMA Life North America Inc. focus on?

IMA Life North America Inc.'s top technology area is F26B (Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom) with 10 patents, ranking #13 of 377 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is IMA Life North America Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

IMA Life North America Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +25% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for IMA Life North America Inc.'s patents?

IMA Life North America Inc.'s patents average 21.6 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 IMA Life North America 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

IMA Life North America Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 9 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: F26B (Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, IMA ranks #26,525 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 9 technology areas.

#26,525
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.2/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26525 · US Corporation #26,525 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,525/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Idropan Dell'orto…
CPC-NARROW F26B · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Idropan Dell'orto Depuratori S.R.L. (±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 IMA’s 45.2 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 8.3 pts (18%) Velocity 13.3 pts (29%) Breadth 10.6 pts (23%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
IMA Life North America · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows IMA's Innovation Score is 45.2/100 (top 24% 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 IMA?

Each dot is one of IMA’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). IMA’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where IMA's grants concentrate

IMA Life North America Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F26B (Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, IMA sits between Idropan Dell'orto Depuratori S.R.L. and Impact Products, LLC.

IMA's three-year grant acceleration

IMA Life North America Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

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What this shows IMA holds 10 patents at rank #26,514, 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 #26,514 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F26B (Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Ther…)

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

IMA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% 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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IMA Life North America Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	20.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2022	2	20.0%
2023	2	20.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does IMA Life North America Inc. patent most?

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 10

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

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

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

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 1

Top 9 of 9 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

IMA Life North America Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

IMA Life North America Inc.'s lead technology class is F26B (Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F26B
Ranked #26,525 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare IMA Life North America Inc. against Idropan Dell'orto Depuratori S.R.L., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.2/100 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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