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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Powdermet, Inc. ranks #10,726 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 Powdermet, Inc. hold?

Powdermet, Inc. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Powdermet, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Powdermet, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 62.9 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Powdermet, Inc. focus on?

Powdermet, Inc.'s top technology area is C22C (Alloys) with 11 patents, ranking #152 of 948 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

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

Powdermet, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +267% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Powdermet, Inc.'s patents?

Powdermet, Inc.'s patents average 24.4 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 Powdermet, 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

Powdermet, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 25 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: C22C (Alloys).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Powdermet ranks #10,726 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 25 technology areas.

#10,726
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.9/100): 24.4
avg claims per patent: +267%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10726 · US Corporation #10,726 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,726/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Palo Alto Investors
CPC-FOCUS C22C · 25 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +267% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Palo Alto Investors LP (±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 Powdermet’s 62.9 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 11.7 pts (19%) Velocity 18.9 pts (30%) Breadth 17.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 14.6 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Omnissa · near

63
Paris Sciences ET… · near

63
Powdermet · this assignee

63
Shenzhen Goodix… · near

63
Safran · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Powdermet's Innovation Score is 62.9/100 (top 2% 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 Powdermet?

Each dot is one of Powdermet’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). Powdermet’s own 24.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Powdermet's grants concentrate

Powdermet, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 37.9% of grants classified under C22C (Alloys). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Powdermet sits between Palo Alto Networks (ISRAEL ANALYTICS) Ltd. and Phazr, Inc..

Powdermet's three-year grant acceleration

Powdermet, Inc. shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Palo Alto Network…

29
PB

29
Pctel

29
Pegavision

29
Probiotical S P A

29
Protalus

29
Palo Alto Investo…

29
Phazr

29
Powdermet ◀

29

What this shows Powdermet holds 29 patents at rank #10,723, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Powdermet

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,723 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C22C (Alloys)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Powdermet, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C22C (Alloys), Powdermet ranks #152 of 948 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Paris Sciences ET Lettres 63 Omnissa, LLC 63 Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd. 63 Safran 63

Powdermet's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Powdermet, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.4%
2017	1	3.4%
2018	3	10.3%
2019	1	3.4%
2020	3	10.3%
2021	2	6.9%
2022	7	24.1%
2023	7	24.1%
2024	3	10.3%
2025partial year	1	3.4%

Which technologies does Powdermet, Inc. patent most?

C22C - Alloys 11

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 11

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 11

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 9

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 8

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 8

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 6

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 6

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 6

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

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 4

B23H - Working OF Metal BY THE Action OF A High Concentration OF Electric Current ON A Workpiece Using AN Electrode Which Takes THE Place OF A TOOL; Such Working Combined With Other Forms OF Working OF Metal 4

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 4

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

Top 15 of 25 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

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

Powdermet, Inc.'s lead technology class is C22C (Alloys), 37.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C22C
Ranked #10,726 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Powdermet, Inc. against Palo Alto Networks (ISRAEL ANALYTICS) Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.9/100 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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