Where does Rocky Research rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rocky Research ranks #12,198 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Rocky Research hold?

Rocky Research holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Rocky Research's Innovation Score?

Rocky Research has an Innovation Score of 59.1 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Rocky Research's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rocky Research's recent grant velocity is +27% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Rocky Research's patents?

Rocky Research's patents average 25.1 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 Rocky Research 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

Rocky Research

Q: What technology areas does Rocky Research focus on?

Rocky Research's top technology area is F25B (REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS) with 19 patents. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: F25B (REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rocky ranks #12,198 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 21 technology areas.

#12,198
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.1/100): 25.1
avg claims per patent: +27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12198 · US Corporation #12,198 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,198/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Revlon Consumer Prod…
CPC-FOCUS F25B · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
City Of Hope · near

59
Daicel · near

59
Rocky Research · this assignee

59
Blade Dynamics · near

59
Kostal Automobil Ele… · near

59
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Rocky Research stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-DENSE, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-UP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #12,198 of 50,000; Innovation Score 59.1/100 sits in the top 4% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Revlon Consumer Products Corporation (±0 grants).

Portfolio overview

Rocky Research has been granted 25 US utility patents between 2015 and 2023, placing Rocky Research at #12,198 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 21 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 25.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in F25B (REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS). As a US Corporation, Rocky Research is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Rocky sits between Revlon Consumer Products Corporation (25 patents, rank #12,193) and SAGA University (25 patents, rank #12,201) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 59.1/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 14 grants, compared with 11 in the 2015–2019 window, a +27% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Rocky Research's 25.1 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 21 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

Revlon Consumer P…

25
Rieter Ingolstadt

25
Rinnai America

25
Robotic Research

25
Roivios

25
Röhm

25
S P E P Acquisiti…

25
SAGA University

25
Rocky Research ◀

25

What this shows Rocky holds 25 patents at rank #12,197, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rocky

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,197 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F25B (Refrigeration Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Rocky, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

City Of Hope 59 Daicel Corporation 59 Kostal Automobil Elektrik Gmbh & Co. KG 59 Blade Dynamics Limited 59

Rocky's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Rocky Research patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	12.0%
2016	2	8.0%
2017	4	16.0%
2018	2	8.0%
2020	4	16.0%
2022	4	16.0%
2023	6	24.0%

Which technologies does Rocky Research patent most?

F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS 19

Y02B - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS 14

Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE 9

F41H - ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL 8

F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT 5

Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION 5

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING 4

H02P - CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS 4

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 3

H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL 2

B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS 2

F41A - FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE 2

H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY 2

H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY 1

F24H - FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL 1

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#12,198

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

59.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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