Where does Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd ranks #27,051 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 Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd hold?

Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd's Innovation Score?

Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd has an Innovation Score of 33.6 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%).

What technology areas does Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd focus on?

Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd's top technology area is F42D (Blasting) with 6 patents, ranking #18 of 83 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd'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 Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd's patents?

Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd's patents average 20.9 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 Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd 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

Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: F42D (Blasting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Orica ranks #27,051 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 13 technology areas.

#27,051
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.6/100): 20.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27051 · Foreign Corporation #27,051 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,051/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Optimvia
CPC-FOCUS F42D · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Optimvia, LLC (±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 Orica’s 33.6 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 8.3 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 12.5 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Orica's Innovation Score is 33.6/100 (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 Orica?

Each dot is one of Orica’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). Orica’s own 20.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Orica's grants concentrate

Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under F42D (Blasting). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Orica sits between Optimvia, LLC and Orthofix Inc..

Optimvia

10
Optolane

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Orbite

10
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Oriental System T…

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Orthobond

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Orthodontic Resea…

10
Orthofix

10
Orica Explosives… ◀

10

What this shows Orica holds 10 patents at rank #27,026, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Orica

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,026 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F42D (Blasting)

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

Orica'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 · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	40.0%
2016	2	20.0%
2017	3	30.0%
2018	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd patent most?

F42D - Blasting 6

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 3

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 3

C01F - Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

B01D - Separation 3

E21C - Mining OR Quarrying 3

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 2

C01D - Compounds OF Alkali Metals, i.e. Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, OR Francium 2

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 2

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 2

C06B - Explosives OR Thermic Compositions ; Manufacture THEREOF; USE OF Single Substances AS Explosives 1

A62D - Chemical Means FOR Extinguishing Fires OR FOR Combating OR Protecting Against Harmful Chemical AGENTS; Chemical Materials FOR USE IN Breathing Apparatus 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd's lead technology class is F42D (Blasting), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F42D
Ranked #27,051 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Orica Explosives Technology PTY Ltd against Optimvia, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.6/100 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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