Where does OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc. ranks #20,180 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 OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc. hold?

OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.1 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc. focus on?

OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc.'s top technology area is B27D (Working Veneer OR Plywood) with 7 patents, ranking #3 of 33 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +40% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc.'s patents?

OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc.'s patents average 8.1 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 OAV Equipment AND Tools, 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 Foreign Corporation

OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B27D (Working Veneer OR Plywood).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, OAV ranks #20,180 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 17 technology areas.

#20,180
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.1/100): 8.1
avg claims per patent: +40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20180 · Foreign Corporation #20,180 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,180/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nuova Ompi S r l
CPC-FOCUS B27D · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nuova Ompi S.r.l. (±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 OAV’s 42.1 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 9.4 pts (22%) Velocity 13.3 pts (32%) Breadth 14.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 4.8 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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OAV Equipment AND… · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows OAV's Innovation Score is 42.1/100 (top 31% 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 OAV?

Each dot is one of OAV’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). OAV’s own 8.1 claims/patent is at or below the 9.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where OAV's grants concentrate

OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B27D (Working Veneer OR Plywood). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, OAV sits between NuTech Spine, Inc. and Ocean Optics, Inc..

OAV's three-year grant acceleration

OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc. shows 6 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.

Nutech Spine

14
Nuova Ompi S r l

14
O E Wheel Distrib…

14
Oasys Water

14
Ober ALP S P A

14
Oblamatik

14
Obschestvo S Ogra…

14
Ocean Optics

14
OAV Equipment AND… ◀

14

What this shows OAV holds 14 patents at rank #20,178, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near OAV

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,178 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B27D (Working Veneer OR Plywood)

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

OAV's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.1%
2018	2	14.3%
2019	2	14.3%
2021	1	7.1%
2022	2	14.3%
2023	3	21.4%
2024	1	7.1%
2025partial year	2	14.3%

Which technologies does OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc. patent most?

B27D - Working Veneer OR Plywood 7

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 4

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 4

B27B - Saws FOR Wood OR Similar MATERIAL; Components OR Accessories Therefor 3

B27C - Planing, Drilling, Milling, Turning OR Universal Machines FOR Wood OR Similar Material 3

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 3

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B23C - Milling 1

B27G - Accessory Machines OR Apparatus FOR Working Wood OR Similar MATERIALS; Tools FOR Working Wood OR Similar Materials ; Safety Devices FOR Wood Working Machines OR Tools 1

B27L - Removing Bark OR Vestiges OF Branches ; Splitting WOOD; Manufacture OF Veneer, Wooden Sticks, Wood Shavings, Wood Fibres OR Wood Powder 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 15 of 17 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

OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc.'s lead technology class is B27D (Working Veneer OR Plywood), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B27D
Ranked #20,180 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc. against NuTech Spine, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.1/100 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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