Where does Mcwane, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mcwane, Inc. ranks #8,072 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 Mcwane, Inc. hold?

Mcwane, Inc. holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Mcwane, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Mcwane, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.6 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Mcwane, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mcwane, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -27% 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 Mcwane, Inc.'s patents?

Mcwane, Inc.'s patents average 11.8 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 Mcwane, 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

Mcwane, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Mcwane, Inc. focus on?

Mcwane, Inc.'s top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 17 patents, ranking #102 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 18 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mcwane ranks #8,072 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 18 technology areas.

#8,072
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.6/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: -27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8072 · US Corporation #8,072 · 40 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #8,072/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kojima Industries
CPC-FOCUS F16L · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kojima Industries Corporation (±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 Mcwane’s 38.6 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 12.8 pts (33%) Velocity 3.7 pts (10%) Breadth 15.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Affibody AB · near

39
Excel Industries · near

39
Mcwane · this assignee

39
Nuvotronics · near

39
Universal Robots A/S · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mcwane's Innovation Score is 38.6/100 (top 40% 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 Mcwane?

Each dot is one of Mcwane’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). Mcwane’s own 11.8 claims/patent is at or below the 12.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Mcwane's grants concentrate

Mcwane, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 42.5% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Mcwane sits between Kojima Industries Corporation and MKW Alloy, Inc..

Mcwane's three-year grant acceleration

Mcwane, Inc. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Kojima Industries

40
Landis+Gyr

40
Locus Robotics

40
M&R Printing Equi…

40
Measurement Speci…

40
Michigan Technolo…

40
Mitsubishi Electr…

40
MKW Alloy

40
Mcwane ◀

40

What this shows Mcwane holds 40 patents at rank #8,068, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mcwane

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,068 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mcwane, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16L (Pipes), Mcwane ranks #102 of 1,907 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Nuvotronics, Inc 39 Excel Industries, Inc. 39 Universal Robots A/S 39 Affibody AB 39

Mcwane's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% 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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Mcwane, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	5.0%
2016	2	5.0%
2017	3	7.5%
2018	3	7.5%
2019	12	30.0%
2020	4	10.0%
2021	2	5.0%
2023	4	10.0%
2024	6	15.0%
2025partial year	2	5.0%

Which technologies does Mcwane, Inc. patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 17

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 7

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

A62C - Fire-fighting 4

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Mcwane, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mcwane, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 42.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #8,072 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mcwane, Inc. against Kojima Industries Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.6/100 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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