Where does IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division ranks #47,851 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 IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division hold?

IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division's Innovation Score?

IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division has an Innovation Score of 39.2 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division's patents?

IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division's patents average 21.0 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 IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division 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

IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division

Q: What technology areas does IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division focus on?

IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division'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 4 patents, ranking #521 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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, IPS ranks #47,851 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#47,851
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.2/100): 21.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47851 · US Corporation #47,851 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,851/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH IPN IP BV
CPC-NARROW F16L · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: IPN IP BV (±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 IPS’s 39.2 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 6.2 pts (16%) Velocity 13.3 pts (34%) Breadth 7.1 pts (18%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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IPS —WELD-ON Division · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows IPS's Innovation Score is 39.2/100 (top 39% 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 IPS?

Each dot is one of IPS’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). IPS’s own 21.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where IPS's grants concentrate

IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 80% 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 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, IPS sits between IPN IP BV and Iritech, Inc..

IPS's three-year grant acceleration

IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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 IPS holds 5 patents at rank #47,722, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near IPS

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,722 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

IPS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2022	2	40.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 4

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

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 1

Top 4 of 4 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

IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division'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), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #47,851 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare IPS, CORPORATION—WELD-ON Division against IPN IP BV, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.2/100 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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