Where does PDC Machines, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), PDC Machines, Inc. ranks #36,925 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 PDC Machines, Inc. hold?

PDC Machines, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is PDC Machines, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

PDC Machines, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.3 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 PDC Machines, Inc. focus on?

PDC Machines, Inc.'s top technology area is F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps) with 7 patents, ranking #177 of 1,184 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for PDC Machines, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for PDC Machines, Inc.'s patents?

PDC Machines, Inc.'s patents average 19.3 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 PDC Machines, 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

PDC Machines, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, PDC ranks #36,925 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 1 technology areas.

#36,925
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.3/100): 19.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36925 · US Corporation #36,925 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,925/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Patty
CPC-NARROW F04B · 1 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Patty, 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 PDC’s 42.3 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 7.2 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (47%) Breadth 3.5 pts (8%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
PDC Machines · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows PDC's Innovation Score is 42.3/100 (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 PDC?

Each dot is one of PDC’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). PDC’s own 19.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where PDC's grants concentrate

PDC Machines, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, PDC sits between Patty, LLC and Perdue Foods LLC.

PDC's three-year grant acceleration

PDC Machines, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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7
Paxis

7
PCM

7
Pd-ld

7
Pdinnovative

7
Pecos USA

7
Peking University…

7
Perdue Foods

7
PDC Machines ◀

7

What this shows PDC holds 7 patents at rank #36,885, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near PDC

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,885 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids)

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

PDC'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 · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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PDC Machines, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	1	14.3%
2024	4	57.1%
2025partial year	2	28.6%

Which technologies does PDC Machines, Inc. patent most?

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 7

Top 1 of 1 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

PDC Machines, Inc.'s lead technology class is F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04B
Ranked #36,925 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare PDC Machines, Inc. against Patty, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.