Where does Pliant Energy Systems Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pliant Energy Systems Inc. ranks #27,143 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 Pliant Energy Systems Inc. hold?

Pliant Energy Systems Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Pliant Energy Systems Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pliant Energy Systems Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.2 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Pliant Energy Systems Inc. focus on?

Pliant Energy Systems Inc.'s top technology area is F03B (Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids) with 8 patents, ranking #12 of 164 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Pliant Energy Systems Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pliant Energy Systems Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -20% 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 Pliant Energy Systems Inc.'s patents?

Pliant Energy Systems Inc.'s patents average 22.7 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 Pliant Energy Systems 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

Pliant Energy Systems Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 18 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: F03B (Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pliant ranks #27,143 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 18 technology areas.

#27,143
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.2/100): 22.7
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27143 · US Corporation #27,143 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,143/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Plasan Sasa
CPC-FOCUS F03B · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Plasan Sasa Ltd. (±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 Pliant’s 40.2 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 8.3 pts (21%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 15.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 13.6 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Pliant Energy Systems · this assignee

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What this shows Pliant's Innovation Score is 40.2/100 (top 36% 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 Pliant?

Each dot is one of Pliant’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). Pliant’s own 22.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pliant's grants concentrate

Pliant Energy Systems Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under F03B (Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Pliant sits between Plasan Sasa Ltd. and Posco LED Company Ltd..

Pliant's three-year grant acceleration

Pliant Energy Systems Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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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What this shows Pliant holds 10 patents at rank #27,162, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pliant

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,162 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F03B (Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids)

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

Pliant's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% 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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Pliant Energy Systems Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	2	20.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Pliant Energy Systems Inc. patent most?

F03B - Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids 8

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 7

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 4

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F03D - Wind Motors 2

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 2

B64B - Lighter-than AIR Aircraft 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 2

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Pliant Energy Systems Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pliant Energy Systems Inc.'s lead technology class is F03B (Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F03B
Ranked #27,143 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pliant Energy Systems Inc. against Plasan Sasa Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.2/100 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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