Where does Plews, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Plews, Inc. ranks #32,884 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 Plews, Inc. hold?

Plews, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Plews, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Plews, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 23.5 out of 100 (12th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Plews, Inc.'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 Plews, Inc.'s patents?

Plews, Inc.'s patents average 6.1 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 Plews, 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

Plews, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Plews, Inc. focus on?

Plews, Inc.'s top technology area is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing) with 3 patents, ranking #1,663 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 12 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: B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Plews ranks #32,884 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 12 technology areas.

#32,884
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.5/100): 6.1
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32884 · US Corporation #32,884 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,884/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH PlanetArt
CPC-FOCUS B29C · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: PlanetArt, LLC (±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 Plews’s 23.5 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 7.6 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (52%) Claim depth 3.7 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Plews · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Plews's Innovation Score is 23.5/100 (12th 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 Plews?

Each dot is one of Plews’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). Plews’s own 6.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Plews's grants concentrate

Plews, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Plews sits between PlanetArt, LLC and Polynt Composites USA, Inc..

Planetart

8
Platinum Optics T…

8
Plato Systems

8
Plethy

8
Plockmatic Intern…

8
Polyceed

8
Polymetrix

8
Polynt Composites…

8
Plews ◀

8

What this shows Plews holds 8 patents at rank #32,910, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Plews

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,910 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Plews's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 12th percentile higher than 12% 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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Plews, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	25.0%
2016	1	12.5%
2017	1	12.5%
2018	2	25.0%
2019	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Plews, Inc. patent most?

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 3

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 1

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

F16N - Lubricating 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

Top 12 of 12 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

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

Plews, Inc.'s lead technology class is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #32,884 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Plews, Inc. against PlanetArt, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.5/100 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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