Where does Pentair Thermal Management LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pentair Thermal Management LLC ranks #32,825 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 Thermal Management LLC hold?

Pentair Thermal Management LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2017, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Pentair Thermal Management LLC's Innovation Score?

Pentair Thermal Management LLC has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Pentair Thermal Management LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pentair Thermal Management LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Thermal Management LLC's patents?

Pentair Thermal Management LLC's patents average 15.0 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 Pentair Thermal Management LLC 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

Pentair Thermal Management LLC

Q: What technology areas does Pentair Thermal Management LLC focus on?

Pentair Thermal Management LLC's top technology area is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2017. 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: G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pentair ranks #32,825 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 12 technology areas.

#32,825
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32825 · US Corporation #32,825 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,825/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pen
CPC-FOCUS G01R · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pen 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mortarless · near

29
Nanjing Sanhome… · near

29
Pentair Thermal… · this assignee

29
Power Probe Group · near

29
THE Monadnock · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pentair's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (29th percentile 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.

Where Pentair's grants concentrate

Pentair Thermal Management LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables). By volume, Pentair sits between Pen Inc. and Performance Apparel Corporation.

Pen

8
Pencil Learning

8
Penta 5 USA

8
Pentair Filtratio…

8
Perception Raison…

8
Perch Acquisition…

8
Perfect Fit Brand

8
Performance Appar…

8
Pentair Thermal M… ◀

8

What this shows Pentair holds 8 patents at rank #32,877, 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 #32,877 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01R (Measuring Electric Variables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pentair, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

Nanjing Sanhome Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 29 Mortarless Technologies, LLC 29 Power Probe Group, Inc. 29 THE Monadnock Company 29

Pentair's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2017

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Pentair Thermal Management LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	50.0%
2017	4	50.0%

Which technologies does Pentair Thermal Management LLC patent most?

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

E04D - Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools 1

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 1

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 1

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#32,825

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Pentair Thermal Management LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pentair Thermal Management LLC's lead technology class is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01R
Ranked #32,825 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pentair Thermal Management LLC against Pen Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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

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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