Where does PLY GEM Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), PLY GEM Industries, Inc. ranks #11,392 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 PLY GEM Industries, Inc. hold?

PLY GEM Industries, Inc. holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is PLY GEM Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

PLY GEM Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.1 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does PLY GEM Industries, Inc. focus on?

PLY GEM Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors) with 11 patents, ranking #49 of 584 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is PLY GEM Industries, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

PLY GEM Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -37% 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 PLY GEM Industries, Inc.'s patents?

PLY GEM Industries, Inc.'s patents average 16.6 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 PLY GEM Industries, 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

PLY GEM Industries, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 16 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: E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, PLY ranks #11,392 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 16 technology areas.

#11,392
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.1/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: -37%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11392 · US Corporation #11,392 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,392/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Panaya
CPC-FOCUS E04F · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -37% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Panaya 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 PLY’s 51.1 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 11.5 pts (23%) Velocity 15.6 pts (31%) Breadth 14.1 pts (28%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mckinsey & · near

51
ABC · near

51
EnOcean · near

51
PLY GEM Industries · this assignee

51
Square Enix · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows PLY's Innovation Score is 51.1/100 (top 12% 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 PLY?

Each dot is one of PLY’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). PLY’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where PLY's grants concentrate

PLY GEM Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 40.7% of grants classified under E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, PLY sits between Pebble Technology, Inc. and Pennsy Corporation.

PLY's three-year grant acceleration

PLY GEM Industries, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Pebble Technology

27
Pegasus Solar

27
Peri

27
Photonic Systems

27
Poet

27
Panaya

27
Parasol Medical

27
Pennsy

27
PLY GEM Industries ◀

27

What this shows PLY holds 27 patents at rank #11,386, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near PLY

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,386 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for PLY, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings), PLY ranks #49 of 584 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

ABC Technologies Inc. 51 Square Enix Co., Ltd. 51 EnOcean GmbH 51 Mckinsey & Company, Inc. 51

PLY's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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PLY GEM Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	22.2%
2016	7	25.9%
2017	3	11.1%
2020	2	7.4%
2021	1	3.7%
2022	2	7.4%
2023	3	11.1%
2024	2	7.4%
2025partial year	1	3.7%

Which technologies does PLY GEM Industries, Inc. patent most?

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 11

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 4

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 3

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 3

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 3

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

B30B - Presses IN General 2

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 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

E04D - Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools 1

Top 15 of 16 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

PLY GEM Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

PLY GEM Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors), 40.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04F
Ranked #11,392 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare PLY GEM Industries, Inc. against Pebble Technology, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.1/100 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.