Where does Iron Mountain Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Iron Mountain Incorporated ranks #26,609 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 Mountain Incorporated hold?

Iron Mountain Incorporated holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Iron Mountain Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Iron Mountain Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 36.4 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Iron Mountain Incorporated focus on?

Iron Mountain Incorporated's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 5 patents, ranking #6,197 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Iron Mountain Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Iron Mountain Incorporated's recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Mountain Incorporated's patents?

Iron Mountain Incorporated's patents average 16.2 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 Iron Mountain Incorporated 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 Mountain Incorporated

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 11 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Iron ranks #26,609 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 11 technology areas.

#26,609
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.4/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26609 · US Corporation #26,609 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,609/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Iontra
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Iontra 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 36.4 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 8.3 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 11.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Iron Mountain… · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Iron's Innovation Score is 36.4/100 (top 46% 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 16.2 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.

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

Where Iron's grants concentrate

Iron Mountain Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Iron sits between Iontra Inc and Janesko OY.

Iron's three-year grant acceleration

Iron Mountain Incorporated shows 2 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.

Iontra

10
Ipass

10
Ipsen

10
Iradimed

10
Iwis antriebssyst…

10
J & J Solutions

10
J-quad Dynamics

10
Janesko OY

10
Iron Mountain Inc… ◀

10

What this shows Iron holds 10 patents at rank #26,610, 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 #26,610 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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)

36 Top 46% higher than 54% 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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Iron Mountain Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2018	2	20.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%
2025partial year	3	30.0%

Which technologies does Iron Mountain Incorporated patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 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

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

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

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 1

Top 11 of 11 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 Mountain Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Iron Mountain Incorporated's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #26,609 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Iron Mountain Incorporated against Iontra Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.4/100 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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