Where does Irwin Research and Development, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Irwin Research and Development, Inc. ranks #24,585 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 Irwin Research and Development, Inc. hold?

Irwin Research and Development, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Irwin Research and Development, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Irwin Research and Development, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.8 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Irwin Research and Development, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Irwin Research and Development, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Irwin Research and Development, Inc.'s patents?

Irwin Research and Development, Inc.'s patents average 21.6 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 Irwin Research and Development, 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 US Corporation

Irwin Research and Development, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Irwin Research and Development, Inc. focus on?

Irwin Research and Development, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 9 patents, ranking #675 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 5 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Irwin ranks #24,585 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 5 technology areas.

#24,585
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.8/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24585 · US Corporation #24,585 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,585/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Intuition Robotics
CPC-NARROW B29C · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Intuition Robotics, 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 Irwin’s 42.8 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 8.6 pts (20%) Velocity 13.3 pts (31%) Breadth 7.9 pts (18%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Irwin Research and… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Irwin's Innovation Score is 42.8/100 (top 30% 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 Irwin?

Each dot is one of Irwin’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). Irwin’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Irwin's grants concentrate

Irwin Research and Development, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Irwin sits between Intuition Robotics, Ltd. and J. Brasch Co., LLC.

Irwin's three-year grant acceleration

Irwin Research and Development, Inc. shows 4 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.

Intuition Robotics

11
Investigacion y T…

11
Invicta Medical

11
Ioxus

11
Isolation Equipme…

11
Istari Digital

11
Istituto di Genom…

11
J Brasch

11
Irwin Research an… ◀

11

What this shows Irwin holds 11 patents at rank #24,579, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Irwin

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,579 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Irwin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% 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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Irwin Research and Development, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2016	2	18.2%
2017	1	9.1%
2021	2	18.2%
2022	2	18.2%
2023	1	9.1%
2024	1	9.1%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Irwin Research and Development, Inc. patent most?

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 9

B30B - Presses IN General 4

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

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 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Irwin Research and Development, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Irwin Research and Development, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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), 81.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #24,585 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Irwin Research and Development, Inc. against Intuition Robotics, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.8/100 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

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