Where does Premier Equipment, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Premier Equipment, Inc. ranks #49,733 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 Premier Equipment, Inc. hold?

Premier Equipment, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Premier Equipment, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Premier Equipment, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.0 out of 100 (49th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Premier Equipment, Inc. focus on?

Premier Equipment, Inc.'s top technology area is B60D (Vehicle Connections) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

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

Premier Equipment, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Premier Equipment, Inc.'s patents average 14.0 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 Premier Equipment, 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

Premier Equipment, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B60D (Vehicle Connections).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Premier ranks #49,733 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#49,733
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (35.0/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49733 · US Corporation #49,733 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,733/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Precision Shooting…
CPC-NARROW B60D · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Precision Shooting Equipment, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Premier Equipment · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Premier's Innovation Score is 35.0/100 (49th 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.

Where Premier's grants concentrate

Premier Equipment, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B60D (Vehicle Connections). By volume, Premier sits between Precision Shooting Equipment, Inc. and Pressol-Schmiergeräte Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung.

Premier's three-year grant acceleration

Premier Equipment, Inc. shows 2 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.

Precision Shootin…

5
Precordior Oy

5
Pregis

5
Pregna Internatio…

5
Premiere Products

5
Prescient Surgical

5
Presidio Pharmace…

5
Pressol-schmierge…

5
Premier Equipment ◀

5

What this shows Premier holds 5 patents at rank #49,798, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Premier

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,798 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60D (Vehicle Connections)

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

Premier's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Premier Equipment, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2016	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Premier Equipment, Inc. patent most?

B60D - Vehicle Connections 5

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 1

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#49,733

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Premier Equipment, Inc.'s lead technology class is B60D (Vehicle Connections), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60D
Ranked #49,733 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Premier Equipment, Inc. against Precision Shooting Equipment, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.0/100 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.