Where does International Electronic Machines Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), International Electronic Machines Corp. ranks #7,717 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 International Electronic Machines Corp. hold?

International Electronic Machines Corp. holds 42 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is International Electronic Machines Corp.'s Innovation Score?

International Electronic Machines Corp. has an Innovation Score of 53.3 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does International Electronic Machines Corp. focus on?

International Electronic Machines Corp.'s top technology area is B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic) with 15 patents, ranking #23 of 195 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 37 CPC subclasses total.

Is International Electronic Machines Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

International Electronic Machines Corp.'s recent grant velocity is -48% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for International Electronic Machines Corp.'s patents?

International Electronic Machines Corp.'s patents average 20.2 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 International Electronic Machines Corp. 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

International Electronic Machines Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 42 granted patents across 37 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: B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, International ranks #7,717 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 42 patents across 37 technology areas.

#7,717
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.3/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: -48%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7717 · US Corporation #7,717 · 42 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 42 grants
UPPER-Q #7,717/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Incase Designs
CPC-FOCUS B61L · 37 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -48% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Incase Designs Corp. (±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 International’s 53.3 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 13.0 pts (24%) Velocity 6.7 pts (13%) Breadth 21.5 pts (40%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GEA Food Solutions… · near

53
Kleemann · near

53
Audio-Technica · near

53
International Machines · this assignee

53
Novares France · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows International's Innovation Score is 53.3/100 (top 9% 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 International?

Each dot is one of International’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). International’s own 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where International's grants concentrate

International Electronic Machines Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 35.7% of grants classified under B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, International sits between Iridium Satellite LLC and JRD Communication Inc..

International's three-year grant acceleration

International Electronic Machines Corp. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Iridium Satellite

42
Incase Designs

42
Inotera Memories

42
Institute of Rock…

42
Ironridge

42
Itoki

42
Jess-link Products

42
JRD Communication

42
International Mac… ◀

42

What this shows International holds 42 patents at rank #7,719, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near International

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,719 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B61L (Guiding Railway Traffic)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for International, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B61L (Guiding Railway Traffic), International ranks #23 of 195 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Novares France 53 Audio-Technica Corporation 53 GEA Food Solutions Bakel B.V. 53 Kleemann GmbH 53

International's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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International Electronic Machines Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	14.3%
2016	7	16.7%
2017	4	9.5%
2018	6	14.3%
2019	4	9.5%
2020	2	4.8%
2021	3	7.1%
2022	3	7.1%
2023	3	7.1%
2024	3	7.1%
2025partial year	1	2.4%

Which technologies does International Electronic Machines Corp. patent most?

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 15

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 10

B61K - Auxiliary Equipment Specially Adapted FOR Railways, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 9

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 4

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 4

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 3

Top 15 of 37 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

International Electronic Machines Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

International Electronic Machines Corp.'s lead technology class is B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic), 35.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B61L
Ranked #7,717 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare International Electronic Machines Corp. against Iridium Satellite LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.3/100 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

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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