Where does Pentair Flow Services AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pentair Flow Services AG ranks #23,179 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 Pentair Flow Services AG hold?

Pentair Flow Services AG holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Pentair Flow Services AG's Innovation Score?

Pentair Flow Services AG has an Innovation Score of 35.8 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Pentair Flow Services AG focus on?

Pentair Flow Services AG's top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating) with 8 patents, ranking #266 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Pentair Flow Services AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pentair Flow Services AG's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Pentair Flow Services AG's patents?

Pentair Flow Services AG's patents average 14.3 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 Pentair Flow Services AG 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

Pentair Flow Services AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pentair ranks #23,179 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 11 technology areas.

#23,179
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.8/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23179 · Foreign Corporation #23,179 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,179/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH PDS Biotechnology
CPC-FOCUS F16K · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: PDS Biotechnology Corporation (±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 Pentair’s 35.8 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 8.9 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 11.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Pentair Flow Services · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Pentair's Innovation Score is 35.8/100 (top 48% 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 Pentair?

Each dot is one of Pentair’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). Pentair’s own 14.3 claims/patent is at or below the 18.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Pentair's grants concentrate

Pentair Flow Services AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Pentair sits between PDS Biotechnology Corporation and Pharmazell GMBH.

Pentair's three-year grant acceleration

Pentair Flow Services AG shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

PDS Biotechnology

12
Pellerin Milnor

12
Pellion

12
Peninsula Packagi…

12
Perfetti VAN Mell…

12
Petroliam Nasiona…

12
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12
Pharmazell

12
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12

What this shows Pentair holds 12 patents at rank #23,160, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pentair

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,160 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

Pentair's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Pentair Flow Services AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	41.7%
2016	4	33.3%
2017	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2023	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Pentair Flow Services AG patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 3

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 1

F25C - Producing, Working OR Handling ICE 1

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

F16N - Lubricating 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

F04F - Pumping OF Fluid BY Direct Contact OF Another Fluid OR BY Using Inertia OF Fluid TO BE Pumped ; Siphons 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Pentair Flow Services AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pentair Flow Services AG's lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #23,179 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pentair Flow Services AG against PDS Biotechnology Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.8/100 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

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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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