Where does Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. ranks #12,615 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 Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. hold?

Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. has an Innovation Score of 46.3 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp..

What does claim depth mean for Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp.'s patents?

Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp.'s patents average 12.8 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 Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. 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

Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp.

Q: What technology areas does Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. focus on?

Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp.'s top technology area is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing) with 19 patents, ranking #45 of 2,095 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Penn ranks #12,615 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 14 technology areas.

#12,615
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.3/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12615 · US Corporation #12,615 · 24 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
MID-PACK #12,615/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH PagerDuty
CPC-FOCUS F16B · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: PagerDuty, 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 Penn’s 46.3 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 11.1 pts (24%) Velocity 14.3 pts (31%) Breadth 13.2 pts (29%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Penn Engineering &… · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Penn's Innovation Score is 46.3/100 (top 21% 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 Penn?

Each dot is one of Penn’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). Penn’s own 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 18.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Penn's grants concentrate

Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 79.2% of grants classified under F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (6 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2021. By volume, Penn sits between PagerDuty, Inc. and Pointr Limited.

Penn's three-year grant acceleration

Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Pagerduty

24
Paradigm Spine

24
Particles Plus

24
Pegasystems

24
Pentel

24
Perceptive Automa…

24
Pison Technology

24
Pointr

24
Penn Engineering… ◀

24

What this shows Penn holds 24 patents at rank #12,626, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Penn

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,626 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

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

Penn's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	4	16.7%
2021	3	12.5%
2022	5	20.8%
2023	6	25.0%
2024	4	16.7%
2025partial year	2	8.3%

Which technologies does Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. patent most?

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 19

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 7

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 4

B21K - Making Forged OR Pressed Metal Products, e.g. Horse-shoes, Rivets, Bolts OR Wheels 3

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

B43K - Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing 2

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 2

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp.'s lead technology class is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing), 79.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16B
Ranked #12,615 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. against PagerDuty, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.3/100 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

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