Where does Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc. ranks #40,891 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 Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc. hold?

Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.6 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc. focus on?

Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc.'s top technology area is C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge) with 4 patents, ranking #402 of 1,366 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc.'s patents?

Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc.'s patents average 19.8 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 Industrial & Environmental Concepts, 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

Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Industrial ranks #40,891 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 8 technology areas.

#40,891
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.6/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40891 · US Corporation #40,891 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,891/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Incospharm
CPC-NARROW C02F · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Incospharm Corporation (±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 Industrial’s 38.6 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 6.7 pts (17%) Velocity 10.0 pts (26%) Breadth 10.0 pts (26%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (31%)

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What this shows Industrial's Innovation Score is 38.6/100 (top 40% 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 Industrial?

Each dot is one of Industrial’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). Industrial’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Industrial's grants concentrate

Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Industrial sits between Incospharm Corporation and Inetco Systems Limited.

Industrial's three-year grant acceleration

Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc. shows 3 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 Industrial holds 6 patents at rank #40,854, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Industrial

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,854 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C02F (Treatment OF Water)

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

Industrial's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	16.7%
2021	2	33.3%
2022	1	16.7%
2023	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc. patent most?

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 4

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

B01D - Separation 2

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 2

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 1

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc.'s lead technology class is C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C02F
Ranked #40,891 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Industrial & Environmental Concepts, Inc. against Incospharm Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.6/100 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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