Where does Price Pfister, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Price Pfister, Inc. ranks #32,927 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 Price Pfister, Inc. hold?

Price Pfister, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Price Pfister, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Price Pfister, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 15.4 out of 100 (3rd 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 Price Pfister, Inc. focus on?

Price Pfister, Inc.'s top technology area is Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification) with 1 patents, ranking #6,627 of 9,657 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

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

Price Pfister, Inc.'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 Price Pfister, Inc.'s patents?

Price Pfister, Inc.'s patents average 2.8 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 Price Pfister, 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

Price Pfister, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Price ranks #32,927 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 3 technology areas.

#32,927
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 3rd percentile
by Innovation Score (15.4/100): 2.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32927 · US Corporation #32,927 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,927/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Premier Print &…
CPC-NARROW Y10T · 3 areas
INNOV-LOW 15.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Premier Print & Services Group, 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 Price’s 15.4 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 7.6 pts (49%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (40%) Claim depth 1.7 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Price Pfister · this assignee

15
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Price's Innovation Score is 15.4/100 (3rd 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 Price?

Each dot is one of Price’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). Price’s own 2.8 claims/patent is at or below the 17.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Price's grants concentrate

Price Pfister, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 12.5% of grants classified under Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Price sits between Premier Print & Services Group, Inc. and Prippell Technologies, LLC.

Premier Print & S…

8
Presidium USA

8
Pressio

8
Presspart & KG

8
Priefert Mfg

8
Primerevenue

8
Primer

8
Prippell

8
Price Pfister ◀

8

What this shows Price holds 8 patents at rank #32,933, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Price

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,933 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification)

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

Price's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

15 3rd percentile higher than 3% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Price Pfister, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	87.5%
2016	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Price Pfister, Inc. patent most?

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

Top 3 of 3 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

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

Price Pfister, Inc.'s lead technology class is Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification), 12.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y10T
Ranked #32,927 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Price Pfister, Inc. against Premier Print & Services Group, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 15.4/100 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.