Where does RB&W Manufacturing LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), RB&W Manufacturing LLC ranks #33,013 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 RB&W Manufacturing LLC hold?

RB&W Manufacturing LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is RB&W Manufacturing LLC's Innovation Score?

RB&W Manufacturing LLC has an Innovation Score of 33.7 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is RB&W Manufacturing LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

RB&W Manufacturing LLC's recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for RB&W Manufacturing LLC's patents?

RB&W Manufacturing LLC's patents average 13.6 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 RB&W Manufacturing 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

RB&W Manufacturing LLC

Q: What technology areas does RB&W Manufacturing LLC focus on?

RB&W Manufacturing LLC's top technology area is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing) with 8 patents, ranking #149 of 2,095 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 5 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: F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rb&w ranks #33,013 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 5 technology areas.

#33,013
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.7/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33013 · US Corporation #33,013 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,013/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Raontech
CPC-NARROW F16B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Raontech, 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 Rb&w’s 33.7 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 (23%) Velocity 10.0 pts (30%) Breadth 7.9 pts (23%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
RB&W Manufacturing · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rb&w's Innovation Score is 33.7/100 (45th 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 Rb&w?

Each dot is one of Rb&w’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). Rb&w’s own 13.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Rb&w's grants concentrate

RB&W Manufacturing LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Rb&w sits between Raontech, Inc. and Rearden Mova, LLC.

Rb&w's three-year grant acceleration

RB&W Manufacturing LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Raontech

8
Raydiall

8
Raylase

8
Rayotek Scientific

8
Re-dai Precision…

8
RE2

8
Reapplix APS

8
Rearden Mova

8
RB&W Manufacturing ◀

8

What this shows RB&W holds 8 patents at rank #32,986, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near RB&W

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,986 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in RB&W's primary technology class.

Rb&w's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% 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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RB&W Manufacturing LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	25.0%
2020	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2023	1	12.5%
2024	2	25.0%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does RB&W Manufacturing LLC patent most?

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 8

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 1

B21K - Making Forged OR Pressed Metal Products, e.g. Horse-shoes, Rivets, Bolts OR Wheels 1

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

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

Top 5 of 5 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

RB&W Manufacturing LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

RB&W Manufacturing LLC's lead technology class is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16B
Ranked #33,013 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare RB&W Manufacturing LLC against Raontech, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.7/100 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

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