Where does Joy Global Underground Mining LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Joy Global Underground Mining LLC ranks #2,809 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 Joy Global Underground Mining LLC hold?

Joy Global Underground Mining LLC holds 137 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 54 technology areas.

What is Joy Global Underground Mining LLC's Innovation Score?

Joy Global Underground Mining LLC has an Innovation Score of 56.8 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Joy Global Underground Mining LLC focus on?

Joy Global Underground Mining LLC's top technology area is E21C (Mining OR Quarrying) with 82 patents, ranking #2 of 104 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 54 CPC subclasses total.

Is Joy Global Underground Mining LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Joy Global Underground Mining LLC's recent grant velocity is +73% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Joy Global Underground Mining LLC's patents?

Joy Global Underground Mining LLC's patents average 18.2 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 Joy Global Underground Mining 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

Joy Global Underground Mining LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 137 granted patents across 54 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: E21C (Mining OR Quarrying).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Joy ranks #2,809 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 137 patents across 54 technology areas.

#2,809
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.8/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: +73%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2809 · US Corporation #2,809 · 137 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 137 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,809/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HI
CPC-WIDE E21C · 54 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +73% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HI LLC (±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 Joy’s 56.8 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 17.0 pts (30%) Velocity 3.8 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (19%)

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Joy's Innovation Score is 56.8/100 (top 6% 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 Joy?

Each dot is one of Joy’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). Joy’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Joy's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Joy Global Underground Mining LLC received 83 grants versus 48 in 2015–2019 (+73% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 27 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 8. Lead class E21C accounts for 59.9% of the portfolio across 54 subclasses. Volume neighbours: HI LLC (#2,805) and Salomon S.A.S. (#2,813).

Joy's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Joy Global Underground Mining LLC moved from 70 to 40 grants (0.57x 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 #2,524. See the growth leaderboard.

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What this shows Joy holds 137 patents at rank #2,809, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Joy

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,809 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21C (Mining OR Quarrying)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Joy, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21C (Mining OR Quarrying), Joy ranks #2 of 104 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Vrije Universiteit Brussel 57 Intellectual Ventures II LLC 57 Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.P.A. 57 Nissha Co., Ltd. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.2 here).

Mattson Technology, Inc. 18.2 avg WhatsApp LLC 18.2 avg Kent State University 18.2 avg Hunter Douglas Inc. 18.2 avg

Joy's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Joy Global Underground Mining LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	21	15.3%
2019	27	19.7%
2020	25	18.2%
2021	18	13.1%
2022	20	14.6%
2023	12	8.8%
2024	8	5.8%
2025partial year	6	4.4%

Which technologies does Joy Global Underground Mining LLC patent most?

E21C - Mining OR Quarrying 82

E21D - SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; Large Underground Chambers 48

E21F - Safety Devices, Transport, Filling-up, Rescue, Ventilation, OR Draining IN OR OF Mines OR Tunnels 47

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 38

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 25

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 8

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 5

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 5

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 4

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 4

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 4

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 4

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

Top 15 of 54 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

Joy Global Underground Mining LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Joy Global Underground Mining LLC's lead technology class is E21C (Mining OR Quarrying), 59.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21C
Ranked #2,809 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Joy Global Underground Mining LLC against HI LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.8/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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