Where does Pine Engineering Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pine Engineering Ltd. ranks #49,615 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 Pine Engineering Ltd. hold?

Pine Engineering Ltd. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2020, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Pine Engineering Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Pine Engineering Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 18.8 out of 100 (5th 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 Pine Engineering Ltd. focus on?

Pine Engineering Ltd.'s top technology area is F01L (Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines) with 5 patents, ranking #59 of 181 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Pine Engineering Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pine Engineering Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Pine Engineering Ltd.'s patents?

Pine Engineering Ltd.'s patents average 10.8 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 Pine Engineering Ltd. 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

Pine Engineering Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2020. 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: F01L (Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pine ranks #49,615 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#49,615
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (18.8/100): 10.8
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49615 · Foreign Corporation #49,615 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,615/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pillar Biosciences
CPC-NARROW F01L · 3 areas
INNOV-LOW 18.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pillar Biosciences 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 Pine’s 18.8 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 6.2 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (32%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Pine Engineering · this assignee

19
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pine's Innovation Score is 18.8/100 (5th 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 Pine?

Each dot is one of Pine’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). Pine’s own 10.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Pine's grants concentrate

Pine Engineering Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F01L (Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Pine sits between Pillar Biosciences Inc. and Pipelines 2 Data (P2D) Limited.

Pillar Biosciences

5
Pillowvision

5
Pilofocus

5
Pinc Solutions

5
Pininfarina S p A

5
Pintsch Bubenzer

5
Pioneer Industria…

5
Pipelines 2 Data…

5
Pine Engineering ◀

5

What this shows Pine holds 5 patents at rank #49,524, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pine

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,524 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F01L (Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines)

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

Pine's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

19 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Pine Engineering Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2019	2	40.0%
2020	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Pine Engineering Ltd. patent most?

F01L - Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines 5

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Pine Engineering Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pine Engineering Ltd.'s lead technology class is F01L (Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F01L
Ranked #49,615 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pine Engineering Ltd. against Pillar Biosciences Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 18.8/100 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.