Where does James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc. ranks #2,645 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 James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc. hold?

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc. holds 147 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 61.7 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc. focus on?

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.'s top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 95 patents, ranking #8 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

Is James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +143% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.'s patents?

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.'s patents average 15.9 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 James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, 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

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 147 granted patents across 36 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, James ranks #2,645 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 147 patents across 36 technology areas.

#2,645
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.7/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: +143%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2645 · US Corporation #2,645 · 147 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 147 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,645/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hyundai Autron
CPC-FOCUS A61C · 36 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +143% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hyundai Autron 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.

How James’s 61.7 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 17.3 pts (28%) Velocity 13.7 pts (22%) Breadth 21.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sintokogio · near

62
James R Glidewell… · this assignee

62
Oregon Health &… · near

62
Socionext · near

62
Duke Manufacturing · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows James's Innovation Score is 61.7/100 (top 3% 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 James?

Each dot is one of James’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). James’s own 15.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where James's grants concentrate

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 64.6% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (29 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, James sits between Hyundai Autron Co., Ltd. and Sage Products, LLC.

James's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc. moved from 33 to 68 grants (2.06x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #198. See the growth leaderboard.

Hyundai Autron

147
Immunogen

147
Interface Technol…

147
Intex Marketing

147
Lotte Chemical

147
Medtronic Cryocath

147
Quest Software

147
Sage Products

147
James R Glidewell… ◀

147

What this shows James holds 147 patents at rank #2,645, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near James

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,645 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for James, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61C (Dentistry), James ranks #8 of 546 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Oregon Health & Science University 62 Socionext Inc. 62 Duke Manufacturing Co. 62 Sintokogio, Ltd. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.9 here).

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 15.9 avg Intrexon Corporation 15.9 avg Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC 15.9 avg Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. 15.9 avg

James's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	2.0%
2016	8	5.4%
2017	11	7.5%
2018	4	2.7%
2019	11	7.5%
2020	7	4.8%
2021	15	10.2%
2022	16	10.9%
2023	23	15.6%
2024	29	19.7%
2025partial year	20	13.6%

Which technologies does James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc. patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 95

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 48

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 42

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 37

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 23

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 14

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 13

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 12

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 11

B28B - Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 7

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 5

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 5

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 5

Top 15 of 36 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

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 64.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #2,645 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc. against Hyundai Autron Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.7/100 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.

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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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