Where does Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. ranks #2,840 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 Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. hold?

Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. holds 135 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. has an Innovation Score of 66.8 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +12% 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 Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.'s patents?

Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.'s patents average 16.7 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 Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. 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

Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.

Q: What technology areas does Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. focus on?

Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.'s top technology area is B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles) with 127 patents, ranking #3 of 418 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 135 granted patents across 36 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: B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Inalfa ranks #2,840 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 135 patents across 36 technology areas.

#2,840
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.8/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2840 · Foreign Corporation #2,840 · 135 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 135 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,840/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chemocentryx
CPC-FOCUS B60J · 36 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chemocentryx, 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 Inalfa’s 66.8 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 17.0 pts (25%) Velocity 18.6 pts (28%) Breadth 21.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Smith & Nephew · near

67
Apex Brands · near

67
Inalfa Roof Systems… · this assignee

67
Smith & Nephew Asia… · near

67
United Microelectron… · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Inalfa's Innovation Score is 66.8/100 (top 1% 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 Inalfa?

Each dot is one of Inalfa’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). Inalfa’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Inalfa's grants concentrate

Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 94.1% of grants classified under B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (20 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2019. By volume, Inalfa sits between Chemocentryx, Inc. and Metra Electronics Corp..

Inalfa's three-year grant acceleration

Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. shows 53 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

Chemocentryx

135
Forum US

135
Freni Brembo S P A

135
Geodynamics

135
Intel Mobile Comm…

135
International Fla…

135
Konecranes Global

135
Metra

135
Inalfa Roof Syste… ◀

135

What this shows Inalfa holds 135 patents at rank #2,840, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Inalfa

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,840 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60J (Windows)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Inalfa, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60J (Windows), Inalfa ranks #3 of 418 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Apex Brands, Inc. 67 Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited 67 United Microelectronics Corp. 67 Smith & Nephew, Inc. 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.7 here).

Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. 16.7 avg Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. 16.7 avg Purac Biochem BV 16.7 avg Sealed Air Corporation (US) 16.7 avg

Inalfa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	11.1%
2016	16	11.9%
2017	13	9.6%
2018	11	8.1%
2019	5	3.7%
2020	9	6.7%
2021	5	3.7%
2022	19	14.1%
2023	20	14.8%
2024	14	10.4%
2025partial year	8	5.9%

Which technologies does Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. patent most?

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 127

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 17

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 15

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 10

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 10

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 9

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 5

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 5

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 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

Top 15 of 36 technology areas

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What to do with this data

Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.'s lead technology class is B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles), 94.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60J
Ranked #2,840 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. against Chemocentryx, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.8/100 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.

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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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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