Where does Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc. ranks #2,778 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 Water Pool and Spa, Inc. hold?

Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc. holds 139 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 55 technology areas.

What is Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.9 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 Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -55% 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 Water Pool and Spa, Inc.'s patents?

Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.'s patents average 16.0 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 Water Pool and Spa, 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

Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc. focus on?

Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.'s top technology area is E04H (Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General) with 69 patents, ranking #2 of 795 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 55 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 139 granted patents across 55 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: E04H (Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pentair ranks #2,778 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 139 patents across 55 technology areas.

#2,778
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (53.9/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -55%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2778 · US Corporation #2,778 · 139 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 139 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,778/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kautex Textron & KG
CPC-WIDE E04H · 55 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -55% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG (±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 53.9 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 17.1 pts (32%) Velocity 2.2 pts (4%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CalAmp · near

54
Creo Medical · near

54
Hisense USA · near

54
Pentair Water Pool… · this assignee

54
Mitsubishi Pencil · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pentair's Innovation Score is 53.9/100 (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 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 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Pentair's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc. received 41 grants versus 92 in 2015–2019 (-55% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 27 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 3. Lead class E04H accounts for 49.6% of the portfolio across 55 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG (#2,774) and Cal-comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited (#2,782).

Pentair's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc. moved from 48 to 16 grants (0.33x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,964. See the growth leaderboard.

Kautex Textron &…

139
National Yang Min…

139
Nuovo Pignone Tec…

139
Nanjing Universit…

139
Softbank

139
Spirit Aerosystems

139
Pentair Water Poo… ◀

139
Avigilon

138
Cal-comp & Commun…

138

What this shows Pentair holds 139 patents at rank #2,778, 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 #2,778 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04H (Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular Purposes)

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). In E04H (Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular Purposes), Pentair ranks #2 of 795 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Creo Medical Limited 54 Hisense USA Corporation 54 CalAmp Corp 54 Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.0 here).

Doosan Enerbility Co., Ltd. 16.0 avg Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education 16.0 avg THE University OF Chicago 16.0 avg Alltop Electronics (SUZHOU) Ltd. 16.0 avg

Pentair'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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Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	10.8%
2016	14	10.1%
2017	27	19.4%
2018	13	9.4%
2019	23	16.5%
2020	9	6.5%
2021	16	11.5%
2022	5	3.6%
2023	8	5.8%
2024	3	2.2%
2025partial year	6	4.3%

Which technologies does Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc. patent most?

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 69

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 34

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 34

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 20

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 20

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 12

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 11

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 10

B01D - Separation 9

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 8

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 8

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 7

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

Top 15 of 55 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 Water Pool and Spa, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.'s lead technology class is E04H (Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General), 49.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04H
Ranked #2,778 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc. against Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.9/100 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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