Where does Premier Marine, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Premier Marine, LLC ranks #10,432 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 Marine, LLC hold?

Premier Marine, LLC holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Premier Marine, LLC's Innovation Score?

Premier Marine, LLC has an Innovation Score of 20.8 out of 100 (7th 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 Marine, LLC focus on?

Premier Marine, LLC's top technology area is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping) with 5 patents, ranking #163 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Premier Marine, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Premier Marine, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Premier Marine, LLC's patents?

Premier Marine, LLC's patents average 4.6 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 Premier Marine, LLC 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 Marine, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Premier ranks #10,432 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 3 technology areas.

#10,432
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.8/100): 4.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10432 · US Corporation #10,432 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,432/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Plant Introductions
CPC-NARROW B63B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Plant Introductions, 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.

How Premier’s 20.8 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 11.9 pts (57%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (29%) Claim depth 2.8 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kid Stuff Marketing · near

21
Saunders Archery · near

21
Zhejiang Sanou… · near

21
Premier Marine · this assignee

21
PFG IP · near

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Premier's Innovation Score is 20.8/100 (7th 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 Premier?

Each dot is one of Premier’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). Premier’s own 4.6 claims/patent is at or below the 18.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Premier's grants concentrate

Premier Marine, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 16.7% of grants classified under B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (16 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Premier sits between Plant Introductions, Inc. and Qwtip LLC.

Plant Introductio…

30
Plasma-therm

30
Polytex Fibers

30
Precigen

30
Printed Energy Pty

30
Proto Labs

30
Q-linea AB

30
Qwtip

30
Premier Marine ◀

30

What this shows Premier holds 30 patents at rank #10,432, 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 #10,432 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Premier, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels), Premier ranks #163 of 645 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (21 here).

Kid Stuff Marketing, Inc. 21 PFG IP LLC 21 Saunders Archery Company 21 Zhejiang Sanou Machinery Co. Ltd. 21

Premier's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 7th percentile higher than 7% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

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 Marine, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.7%
2016	16	53.3%
2017	6	20.0%
2018	4	13.3%
2019	2	6.7%

Which technologies does Premier Marine, LLC patent most?

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 5

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 1

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Premier Marine, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Premier Marine, LLC's lead technology class is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping), 16.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63B
Ranked #10,432 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Premier Marine, LLC against Plant Introductions, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.8/100 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.