Where does OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc. ranks #23,141 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 OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc. hold?

OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.5 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -29% 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 OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc.'s patents?

OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc.'s patents average 20.7 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 OPW-Engineered Systems, 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

OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc. focus on?

OPW-Engineered Systems, 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 11 patents, ranking #172 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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, Opw-engineered ranks #23,141 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 12 technology areas.

#23,141
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.5/100): 20.7
avg claims per patent: -29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23141 · US Corporation #23,141 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,141/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Open Weaver
CPC-FOCUS F16L · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Open Weaver 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 Opw-engineered’s 33.5 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 8.9 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 12.4 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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National Center OF… · near

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OPW-Engineered Systems · this assignee

34
Grape King BIO · near

34
Pavillon Data Systems · near

34
World Emergency… · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Opw-engineered's Innovation Score is 33.5/100 (45th 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 Opw-engineered?

Each dot is one of Opw-engineered’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). Opw-engineered’s own 20.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Opw-engineered's grants concentrate

OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 91.7% 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 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Opw-engineered sits between Open Weaver Inc. and Otto Fuchs Kommanditgesellschaft.

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What this shows OPW-Engineered holds 12 patents at rank #23,122, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near OPW-Engineered

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,122 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in OPW-Engineered's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for OPW-Engineered, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16L (Pipes), OPW-Engineered ranks #172 of 1,907 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

National Center OF Neurology AND Psychiatry 34 Grape King BIO Ltd 34 Pavillon Data Systems, Inc. 34 World Emergency Network-Nevada, Ltd. 34

Opw-engineered's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2017	3	25.0%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	2	16.7%
2020	4	33.3%
2021	1	8.3%

Which technologies does OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc. patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 11

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 6

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 3

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 2

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

F16N - Lubricating 1

H05F - Static ELECTRICITY; Naturally-occurring Electricity 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 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

OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

OPW-Engineered Systems, 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), 91.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #23,141 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare OPW-Engineered Systems, Inc. against Open Weaver Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.5/100 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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