Where does Performance Friction Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Performance Friction Corporation ranks #17,993 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 Performance Friction Corporation hold?

Performance Friction Corporation holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Performance Friction Corporation's Innovation Score?

Performance Friction Corporation has an Innovation Score of 29.8 out of 100 (32nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Performance Friction Corporation focus on?

Performance Friction Corporation's top technology area is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes) with 16 patents, ranking #106 of 1,090 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Performance Friction Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Performance Friction Corporation's recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Performance Friction Corporation's patents?

Performance Friction Corporation's patents average 20.2 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 Performance Friction 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

Performance Friction Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Performance ranks #17,993 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 5 technology areas.

#17,993
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.8/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17993 · US Corporation #17,993 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,993/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Passy-Muir
CPC-NARROW F16D · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Passy-Muir, 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 Performance’s 29.8 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 9.8 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (27%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Performance Friction · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Performance's Innovation Score is 29.8/100 (32nd 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Performance?

Each dot is one of Performance’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). Performance’s own 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Performance's grants concentrate

Performance Friction Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Performance sits between Passy-Muir, Inc. and Power2b, Inc..

Passy-muir

16
Pendar

16
Penhligon's

16
Peninsula

16
Pioneer Energy

16
Poly-gel L L C

16
Power Technology…

16
Power2b

16
Performance Frict… ◀

16

What this shows Performance holds 16 patents at rank #18,007, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Performance

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,007 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting Rotation)

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

Performance's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Performance Friction Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	12.5%
2016	3	18.8%
2017	2	12.5%
2018	3	18.8%
2019	4	25.0%
2021	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Performance Friction Corporation patent most?

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 16

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 2

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Performance Friction Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Performance Friction Corporation's lead technology class is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16D
Ranked #17,993 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Performance Friction Corporation against Passy-Muir, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.