Where does Pella Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pella Corporation ranks #4,832 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 Pella Corporation hold?

Pella Corporation holds 72 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Pella Corporation's Innovation Score?

Pella Corporation has an Innovation Score of 54.4 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Pella Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pella Corporation's recent grant velocity is +114% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Pella Corporation's patents?

Pella Corporation's patents average 15.1 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 Pella Corporation 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

Pella Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Pella Corporation focus on?

Pella Corporation's top technology area is E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates) with 48 patents, ranking #16 of 637 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 72 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pella ranks #4,832 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 72 patents across 20 technology areas.

#4,832
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.4/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: +114%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4832 · US Corporation #4,832 · 72 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 72 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,832/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lapis Technology
CPC-FOCUS E06B · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +114% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lapis Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Pella’s 54.4 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 14.8 pts (27%) Velocity 14.7 pts (27%) Breadth 15.8 pts (29%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
China University of… · near

54
Evolution Optiks · near

54
Intel Deutschland · near

54
Pella · this assignee

54
Vito · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pella's Innovation Score is 54.4/100 (top 8% 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 Pella?

Each dot is one of Pella’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). Pella’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pella's grants concentrate

Pella Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (19 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2018. By volume, Pella sits between Lapis Technology Co., Ltd. and Saipem S.A..

Pella's three-year grant acceleration

Pella Corporation shows 33 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Lapis Technology

72
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72
Panpsy

72
Refractory Intell…

72
Research Institut…

72
Resmed Sensor

72
Saipem

72
Pella ◀

72

What this shows Pella holds 72 patents at rank #4,831, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pella

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,831 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pella, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings), Pella ranks #16 of 637 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Vito NV 54 China University of Petroleum—Beijing 54 Intel Deutschland GmbH 54 Evolution Optiks Limited 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.1 here).

The Esab Group, Inc. 15.1 avg Wabco Europe Bvba 15.1 avg Wonderland Switzerland AG 15.1 avg Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co., Ltd. 15.1 avg

Pella's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Pella Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	5.6%
2016	6	8.3%
2017	5	6.9%
2018	3	4.2%
2019	3	4.2%
2020	7	9.7%
2021	5	6.9%
2022	9	12.5%
2023	5	6.9%
2024	19	26.4%
2025partial year	6	8.3%

Which technologies does Pella Corporation patent most?

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 48

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 21

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 14

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 8

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 7

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 6

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 4

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 4

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

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

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 2

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

F16H - Gearing 2

Top 15 of 20 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

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Pella Corporation's lead technology class is E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E06B
Ranked #4,832 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pella Corporation against Lapis Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.4/100 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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