Where does Pinnacle Engines, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pinnacle Engines, Inc. ranks #23,206 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 Pinnacle Engines, Inc. hold?

Pinnacle Engines, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Pinnacle Engines, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pinnacle Engines, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.7 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Pinnacle Engines, Inc. focus on?

Pinnacle Engines, Inc.'s top technology area is F02B (Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General) with 10 patents, ranking #103 of 496 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Pinnacle Engines, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pinnacle Engines, Inc.'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 Pinnacle Engines, Inc.'s patents?

Pinnacle Engines, Inc.'s patents average 19.1 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 Pinnacle Engines, 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

Pinnacle Engines, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: F02B (Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pinnacle ranks #23,206 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 15 technology areas.

#23,206
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.7/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23206 · US Corporation #23,206 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,206/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH PieceMakers Technology
CPC-FOCUS F02B · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: PieceMakers Technology, 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 Pinnacle’s 40.7 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 (22%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 13.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Pinnacle Engines · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pinnacle's Innovation Score is 40.7/100 (top 35% 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 Pinnacle?

Each dot is one of Pinnacle’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). Pinnacle’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pinnacle's grants concentrate

Pinnacle Engines, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under F02B (Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Pinnacle sits between PieceMakers Technology, Inc. and Pixieray Oy.

Pinnacle's three-year grant acceleration

Pinnacle Engines, Inc. 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.

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12
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Pilot Games

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Pixcell Medical

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Pixieray Oy

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Pinnacle Engines ◀

12

What this shows Pinnacle holds 12 patents at rank #23,214, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pinnacle

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,214 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F02B (Internal-combustion Piston Engines)

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

Pinnacle's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Pinnacle Engines, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	33.3%
2016	4	33.3%
2017	2	16.7%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Pinnacle Engines, Inc. patent most?

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 10

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 9

F01L - Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines 6

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 6

F01B - Machines OR Engines, IN General OR OF Positive-displacement Type, e.g. Steam Engines 4

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 3

F02F - Cylinders, Pistons OR Casings, FOR Combustion ENGINES; Arrangements OF Sealings IN Combustion Engines 2

F02P - Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, FOR Internal-combustion ENGINES; Testing OF Ignition Timing IN Compression-ignition Engines 2

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Pinnacle Engines, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pinnacle Engines, Inc.'s lead technology class is F02B (Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F02B
Ranked #23,206 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pinnacle Engines, Inc. against PieceMakers Technology, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.7/100 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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