Where does J R Thermal, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), J R Thermal, LLC ranks #32,144 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 J R Thermal, LLC hold?

J R Thermal, LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is J R Thermal, LLC's Innovation Score?

J R Thermal, LLC has an Innovation Score of 22.7 out of 100 (11th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is J R Thermal, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

J R Thermal, LLC's recent grant velocity is +67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for J R Thermal, LLC's patents?

J R Thermal, LLC's patents average 11.5 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 J R Thermal, 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

J R Thermal, LLC

Q: What technology areas does J R Thermal, LLC focus on?

J R Thermal, LLC's top technology area is F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact) with 8 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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: F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, J ranks #32,144 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 4 technology areas.

#32,144
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.7/100): 11.5
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32144 · US Corporation #32,144 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,144/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ironovation…
CPC-NARROW F28D · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ironovation Materials Technology Co., 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
J R Thermal · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows J's Innovation Score is 22.7/100 (11th 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.

Where J's grants concentrate

J R Thermal, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, J sits between Ironovation Materials Technology Co., Ltd. and Jacobs & Thompson Inc..

J's three-year grant acceleration

J R Thermal, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Ironovation Mater…

8
Island Oasis Froz…

8
Itamar Medical

8
Iterion Therapeut…

8
J L Clark

8
J28 Design

8
Jackson Pools

8
Jacobs & Thompson

8
J R Thermal ◀

8

What this shows J holds 8 patents at rank #32,132, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near J

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,132 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus)

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

J's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2022

Grants by year

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

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J R Thermal, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	12.5%
2019	2	25.0%
2020	3	37.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%

Which technologies does J R Thermal, LLC patent most?

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 8

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 6

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#32,144

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

22.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

J R Thermal, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

J R Thermal, LLC's lead technology class is F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F28D
Ranked #32,144 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare J R Thermal, LLC against Ironovation Materials Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.7/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.