Where does Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc. ranks #36,286 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 Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc. hold?

Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 23.1 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 Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc.'s patents?

Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc.'s patents average 14.7 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 Loadmaster Universal Rigs, 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

Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc. focus on?

Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc.'s top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 7 patents, ranking #483 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Loadmaster ranks #36,286 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 4 technology areas.

#36,286
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.1/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36286 · US Corporation #36,286 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,286/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Living Greens Farm
CPC-NARROW E21B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Living Greens Farm, Inc. (±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 Loadmaster’s 23.1 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 (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (31%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Loadmaster Universal… · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Loadmaster's Innovation Score is 23.1/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Loadmaster?

Each dot is one of Loadmaster’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). Loadmaster’s own 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Loadmaster's grants concentrate

Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Loadmaster sits between Living Greens Farm, Inc. and Lohmann & Rauscher GmbH.

Living Greens Farm

7
Livingston Systems

7
Lixin County Ming…

7
Lloyd Baggs Innov…

7
Locanabio

7
Lock Antriebstech…

7
Logiquip

7
Lohmann & Rauscher

7
Loadmaster Univer… ◀

7

What this shows Loadmaster holds 7 patents at rank #36,285, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Loadmaster

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,285 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Loadmaster'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 · 2015–2016

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	42.9%
2016	4	57.1%

Which technologies does Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc.'s lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #36,286 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc. against Living Greens Farm, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.1/100 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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