Where does Linde Engineering North America, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Linde Engineering North America, Inc. ranks #36,264 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 Linde Engineering North America, Inc. hold?

Linde Engineering North America, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Linde Engineering North America, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Linde Engineering North America, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.6 out of 100 (35th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Linde Engineering North America, Inc. focus on?

Linde Engineering North America, Inc.'s top technology area is F23G (Cremation FURNACES; Consuming Waste Products BY Combustion) with 4 patents, ranking #29 of 135 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Linde Engineering North America, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Linde Engineering North America, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Linde Engineering North America, Inc.'s patents?

Linde Engineering North America, Inc.'s patents average 15.0 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 Linde Engineering North America, 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

Linde Engineering North America, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 12 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: F23G (Cremation FURNACES; Consuming Waste Products BY Combustion).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Linde ranks #36,264 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 12 technology areas.

#36,264
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.6/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36264 · US Corporation #36,264 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,264/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lightbulb Innovation
CPC-FOCUS F23G · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lightbulb Innovation, 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 Linde’s 30.6 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 7.2 pts (24%) Velocity 2.2 pts (7%) Breadth 12.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dundee Sustainable · near

31
Oncorus · near

31
Linde Engineering… · this assignee

31
Moderna Therapeutics · near

31
ORTHOsoft · near

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Linde's Innovation Score is 30.6/100 (35th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Linde?

Each dot is one of Linde’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). Linde’s own 15.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Linde's grants concentrate

Linde Engineering North America, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under F23G (Cremation FURNACES; Consuming Waste Products BY Combustion). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Linde sits between Lightbulb Innovation, LLC and Lithium Power Inc..

Linde's three-year grant acceleration

Linde Engineering North America, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Lightbulb Innovat…

7
Lightkeeper

7
Lightning Suppres…

7
Limin' Innovations

7
Links Medical Pro…

7
Lionbridge

7
Liquidleds Lighti…

7
Lithium Power

7
Linde Engineering… ◀

7

What this shows Linde holds 7 patents at rank #36,274, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Linde

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,274 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F23G (Cremation Furnaces)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Linde, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F23G (Cremation Furnaces), Linde ranks #29 of 135 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

ORTHOsoft, Inc. 31 Moderna Therapeutics, Inc. 31 Dundee Sustainable Technologies Inc. 31 Oncorus, Inc. 31

Linde's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% 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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Linde Engineering North America, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	28.6%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	2	28.6%
2021	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Linde Engineering North America, Inc. patent most?

F23G - Cremation FURNACES; Consuming Waste Products BY Combustion 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

F23C - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR 4

F25J - Liquefaction, Solidification OR Separation OF Gases OR Gaseous ; OR Liquefied GASEOUS; Mixtures BY Pressure AND Cold Treatment ; OR BY Bringing Them Into THE Supercritical State 3

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

F23D - Burners 2

B01D - Separation 2

F24V - Collection, Production OR USE OF Heat NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Linde Engineering North America, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Linde Engineering North America, Inc.'s lead technology class is F23G (Cremation FURNACES; Consuming Waste Products BY Combustion), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F23G
Ranked #36,264 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Linde Engineering North America, Inc. against Lightbulb Innovation, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.6/100 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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