Where does Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L. ranks #37,062 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 Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L. hold?

Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L.'s Innovation Score?

Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L. has an Innovation Score of 24.6 out of 100 (15th 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 Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L. focus on?

Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L.'s top technology area is B21B (Rolling OF Metal) with 4 patents, ranking #45 of 171 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L.'s recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L.'s patents?

Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L.'s patents average 13.4 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 Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L. 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 Foreign Corporation

Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: B21B (Rolling OF Metal).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Primetals ranks #37,062 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#37,062
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.6/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37062 · Foreign Corporation #37,062 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #37,062/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Prestige ET…
CPC-NARROW B21B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Prestige ET Collections International (±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 Primetals’s 24.6 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 7.2 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (38%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Primetals Italy S R L · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Primetals's Innovation Score is 24.6/100 (15th 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 Primetals?

Each dot is one of Primetals’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). Primetals’s own 13.4 claims/patent is at or below the 15.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Primetals's grants concentrate

Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under B21B (Rolling OF Metal). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Primetals sits between Prestige ET Collections International and Prodigo Solutions Inc..

Prestige ET Colle…

7
Preva

7
Prevoty

7
Primal Space Syst…

7
Prinics

7
Privo

7
Proctoru

7
Prodigo Solutions

7
Primetals Italy S… ◀

7

What this shows Primetals holds 7 patents at rank #36,946, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Primetals

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,946 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B21B (Rolling OF Metal)

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

Primetals's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	3	42.9%
2018	1	14.3%
2020	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L. patent most?

B21B - Rolling OF Metal 4

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 3

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 2

C22C - Alloys 2

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L.'s lead technology class is B21B (Rolling OF Metal), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B21B
Ranked #37,062 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Primetals Technologies Italy S.R.L. against Prestige ET Collections International, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.6/100 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

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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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