Where does Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. ranks #7,174 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 Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. hold?

Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. holds 46 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Particle Measuring Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.7 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. focus on?

Particle Measuring Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 42 patents, ranking #360 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Particle Measuring Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Particle Measuring Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +160% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Particle Measuring Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Particle Measuring Systems, Inc.'s patents average 24.0 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 Particle Measuring 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

Particle Measuring Systems, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 46 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Particle ranks #7,174 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 46 patents across 24 technology areas.

#7,174
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.7/100): 24.0
avg claims per patent: +160%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7174 · US Corporation #7,174 · 46 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 46 grants
UPPER-Q #7,174/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nautilus Hyosung
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +160% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nautilus Hyosung 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 Particle’s 57.7 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 13.3 pts (23%) Velocity 12.7 pts (22%) Breadth 17.3 pts (30%) Claim depth 14.4 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bwxt Nuclear Energy · near

58
Macroblock · near

58
Overhead Door · near

58
Particle Measuring… · this assignee

58
Thomas Jefferson… · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Particle's Innovation Score is 57.7/100 (top 5% 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 Particle?

Each dot is one of Particle’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). Particle’s own 24.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Particle's grants concentrate

Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 91.3% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Particle sits between Nautilus Hyosung Inc. and Pitney Bowes Inc..

Particle's three-year grant acceleration

Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. shows 19 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Nautilus Hyosung

46
Nerudia

46
Nortek Air Soluti…

46
Oblong Industries

46
Peri SE

46
Phoenix Contact D…

46
Ping Identity

46
Pitney Bowes

46
Particle Measurin… ◀

46

What this shows Particle holds 46 patents at rank #7,173, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Particle

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,173 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Particle, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Particle ranks #360 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Macroblock, Inc. 58 Overhead Door Corporation 58 Bwxt Nuclear Energy, Inc. 58 Thomas Jefferson University 58

Particle's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	5	10.9%
2018	2	4.3%
2019	3	6.5%
2020	2	4.3%
2021	5	10.9%
2022	12	26.1%
2023	2	4.3%
2024	5	10.9%
2025partial year	10	21.7%

Which technologies does Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 42

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 4

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 3

B01D - Separation 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 3

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 2

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 2

Top 15 of 24 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

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

Particle Measuring Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 91.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #7,174 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. against Nautilus Hyosung Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.7/100 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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