Where does Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc. ranks #32,374 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 Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc. hold?

Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.9 out of 100 (36th 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 Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc. focus on?

Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc.'s top technology area is B61K (Auxiliary Equipment Specially Adapted FOR Railways, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 3 patents, ranking #19 of 75 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc.'s patents?

Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc.'s patents average 11.0 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 Loram Maintenance OF WAY, 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

Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B61K (Auxiliary Equipment Specially Adapted FOR Railways, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Loram ranks #32,374 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 8 technology areas.

#32,374
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.9/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32374 · US Corporation #32,374 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,374/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lleidanetworks…
CPC-NARROW B61K · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lleidanetworks Serveis Telematics, S.A. (±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 Loram’s 30.9 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 7.6 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (22%) Breadth 10.0 pts (32%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Loram's Innovation Score is 30.9/100 (36th 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 Loram?

Each dot is one of Loram’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). Loram’s own 11.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Loram's grants concentrate

Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under B61K (Auxiliary Equipment Specially Adapted FOR Railways, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Loram sits between Lleidanetworks Serveis Telematics, S.A. and Lumielina International Inc..

Loram's three-year grant acceleration

Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

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What this shows Loram holds 8 patents at rank #32,322, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Loram

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,322 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B61K (Auxiliary Equipment Specially Adapted FOR Railways)

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

Loram's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2017	2	25.0%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2024	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc. patent most?

B61K - Auxiliary Equipment Specially Adapted FOR Railways, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

E01B - Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds 2

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 1

B23C - Milling 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F16N - Lubricating 1

B61F - Rail Vehicle Suspensions, e.g. Underframes, Bogies OR Arrangements OF Wheel AXLES; Rail Vehicles FOR USE ON Tracks OF Different WIDTH; Preventing Derailing OF Rail VEHICLES; Wheel Guards, Obstruction Removers OR THE Like FOR Rail Vehicles 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc.'s lead technology class is B61K (Auxiliary Equipment Specially Adapted FOR Railways, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B61K
Ranked #32,374 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Loram Maintenance OF WAY, Inc. against Lleidanetworks Serveis Telematics, S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.9/100 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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