Where does Progress Mfg. Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Progress Mfg. Inc. ranks #20,274 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 Progress Mfg. Inc. hold?

Progress Mfg. Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Progress Mfg. Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Progress Mfg. Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.0 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Progress Mfg. Inc. focus on?

Progress Mfg. Inc.'s top technology area is B60D (Vehicle Connections) with 12 patents, ranking #14 of 188 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Progress Mfg. Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Progress Mfg. Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -17% 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 Progress Mfg. Inc.'s patents?

Progress Mfg. Inc.'s patents average 25.6 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 Progress Mfg. 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

Progress Mfg. Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B60D (Vehicle Connections).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Progress ranks #20,274 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 8 technology areas.

#20,274
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (37.0/100): 25.6
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20274 · US Corporation #20,274 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,274/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pride Manufacturing
CPC-NARROW B60D · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pride Manufacturing Company, LLC (±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 Progress’s 37.0 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 9.4 pts (25%) Velocity 2.7 pts (7%) Breadth 10.0 pts (27%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (40%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Progress Mfg · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Progress's Innovation Score is 37.0/100 (top 45% 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 Progress?

Each dot is one of Progress’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). Progress’s own 25.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Progress's grants concentrate

Progress Mfg. Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under B60D (Vehicle Connections). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Progress sits between Pride Manufacturing Company, LLC and Pure Edge Lighting LLC.

Progress's three-year grant acceleration

Progress Mfg. Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Pride Manufacturi…

14
Prime Datum Devel…

14
Princetel

14
Profilator & KG

14
Prophetstor Data…

14
Proppant Express…

14
Protomet

14
Pure Edge Lighting

14
Progress Mfg ◀

14

What this shows Progress holds 14 patents at rank #20,277, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Progress

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,277 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60D (Vehicle Connections)

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

Progress's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Progress Mfg. Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	14.3%
2017	2	14.3%
2019	2	14.3%
2020	2	14.3%
2021	1	7.1%
2023	2	14.3%
2025partial year	3	21.4%

Which technologies does Progress Mfg. Inc. patent most?

B60D - Vehicle Connections 12

G01G - Weighing 3

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Progress Mfg. Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Progress Mfg. Inc.'s lead technology class is B60D (Vehicle Connections), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60D
Ranked #20,274 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Progress Mfg. Inc. against Pride Manufacturing Company, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.0/100 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

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