Where does Iron Horse Industries, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Iron Horse Industries, LLC ranks #47,860 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 Iron Horse Industries, LLC hold?

Iron Horse Industries, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Iron Horse Industries, LLC's Innovation Score?

Iron Horse Industries, LLC has an Innovation Score of 29.0 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Iron Horse Industries, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Iron Horse Industries, LLC's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Iron Horse Industries, LLC's patents?

Iron Horse Industries, LLC's patents average 21.4 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 Iron Horse Industries, LLC 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

Iron Horse Industries, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Iron Horse Industries, LLC focus on?

Iron Horse Industries, LLC's top technology area is B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding) with 3 patents, ranking #170 of 768 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Iron ranks #47,860 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 8 technology areas.

#47,860
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.0/100): 21.4
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47860 · US Corporation #47,860 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,860/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ionwerks
CPC-NARROW B25B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ionwerks, 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 Iron’s 29.0 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 (21%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 12.8 pts (44%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Iron Horse Industries · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Iron's Innovation Score is 29.0/100 (29th percentile 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 Iron?

Each dot is one of Iron’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). Iron’s own 21.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Iron's grants concentrate

Iron Horse Industries, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Iron sits between Ionwerks, Inc. and J & L Innovations LLC.

Ionwerks

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Irisity AB

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Irisvision

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Isotechnology Pty

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Isotropic Systems

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What this shows Iron holds 5 patents at rank #47,883, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Iron

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,883 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices)

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

Iron's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Iron Horse Industries, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	60.0%
2016	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Iron Horse Industries, LLC patent most?

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

F16H - Gearing 1

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 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

Iron Horse Industries, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Iron Horse Industries, LLC's lead technology class is B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25B
Ranked #47,860 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Iron Horse Industries, LLC against Ionwerks, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.0/100 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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