Where does Ipex Technologies Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ipex Technologies Inc. ranks #6,665 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 Ipex Technologies Inc. hold?

Ipex Technologies Inc. holds 50 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Ipex Technologies Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ipex Technologies Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.4 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ipex Technologies Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ipex Technologies Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +28% 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 Ipex Technologies Inc.'s patents?

Ipex Technologies Inc.'s patents average 6.6 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 Ipex Technologies 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 Foreign Corporation

Ipex Technologies Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Ipex Technologies Inc. focus on?

Ipex Technologies Inc.'s top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 10 patents, ranking #193 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 50 granted patents across 16 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ipex ranks #6,665 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 50 patents across 16 technology areas.

#6,665
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.4/100): 6.6
avg claims per patent: +28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6665 · Foreign Corporation #6,665 · 50 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 50 grants
UPPER-Q #6,665/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hitachi Industry &…
CPC-FOCUS F16L · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. (±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 Ipex’s 38.4 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 13.6 pts (35%) Velocity 6.7 pts (17%) Breadth 14.1 pts (37%) Claim depth 4.0 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Freudenberg-NOK… · near

38
Ipex · this assignee

38
LanzaTech New Zealand · near

38
NL Giken Incorporated · near

38
Obrist Closures… · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ipex's Innovation Score is 38.4/100 (top 41% 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 Ipex?

Each dot is one of Ipex’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). Ipex’s own 6.6 claims/patent is at or below the 13.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ipex's grants concentrate

Ipex Technologies Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Ipex sits between Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. and KHN Solutions, LLC.

Ipex's three-year grant acceleration

Ipex Technologies Inc. shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Hitachi Industry…

50
Hoffman Enclosures

50
Humanetics

50
Hyper Ice

50
June Life

50
Kamstrup A/S

50
Keiwa Incorporated

50
KHN Solutions

50
Ipex ◀

50

What this shows Ipex holds 50 patents at rank #6,664, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ipex

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,664 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ipex, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16L (Pipes), Ipex ranks #193 of 1,907 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

LanzaTech New Zealand Limited 38 Obrist Closures Switzerland GMBH 38 Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership 38 NL Giken Incorporated 38

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (6.6 here).

Suzuki Motor Corporation 6.6 avg Seasonal Specialties, LLC 6.6 avg Autel Intelligent Technology Corp., Ltd. 6.6 avg Xiamen Pvtech Co., Ltd. 6.6 avg

Ipex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% 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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Ipex Technologies Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	14.0%
2016	2	4.0%
2017	1	2.0%
2018	3	6.0%
2019	5	10.0%
2020	8	16.0%
2021	1	2.0%
2022	4	8.0%
2023	1	2.0%
2024	9	18.0%
2025partial year	9	18.0%

Which technologies does Ipex Technologies Inc. patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 10

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 5

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

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

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 3

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 2

E04D - Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools 1

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 1

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 1

F23L - Supplying AIR OR Non-combustible Liquids OR Gases TO Combustion Apparatus IN General ; Valves OR Dampers Specially Adapted FOR Controlling AIR Supply OR Draught IN Combustion Apparatus ; Inducing Draught IN Combustion APPARATUS; Tops FOR Chimneys OR Ventilating SHAFTS; Terminals FOR Flues 1

F23J - Removal OR Treatment OF Combustion Products OR Combustion RESIDUES; Flues 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Ipex Technologies Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ipex Technologies Inc.'s lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #6,665 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ipex Technologies Inc. against Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.4/100 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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