Where does Salco Products, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Salco Products, Inc. ranks #33,145 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 Salco Products, Inc. hold?

Salco Products, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Salco Products, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Salco Products, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.9 out of 100 (29th 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 Salco Products, Inc. focus on?

Salco Products, Inc.'s top technology area is B61D (Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles) with 3 patents, ranking #58 of 155 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Salco Products, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Salco Products, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Salco Products, Inc.'s patents?

Salco Products, Inc.'s patents average 16.9 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 Salco Products, 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

Salco Products, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: B61D (Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Salco ranks #33,145 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 5 technology areas.

#33,145
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.9/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33145 · US Corporation #33,145 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,145/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sabritas S de R L…
CPC-NARROW B61D · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sabritas S. de R.L. de C.V. (±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 Salco’s 28.9 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 (26%) Velocity 3.3 pts (11%) Breadth 7.9 pts (27%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Salco Products · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Salco's Innovation Score is 28.9/100 (29th 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 Salco?

Each dot is one of Salco’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). Salco’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Salco's grants concentrate

Salco Products, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under B61D (Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Salco sits between System 3R International AB and Sansi Optoelectronics Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd..

Salco's three-year grant acceleration

Salco Products, Inc. shows 1 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.

System 3R Interna…

8
Sabritas S de R L…

8
Safend

8
Sakai Heavy Indus…

8
Samsong Industries

8
Sandisk

8
Sanisure

8
Sansi Optoelectro…

8
Salco Products ◀

8

What this shows Salco holds 8 patents at rank #33,310, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Salco

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,310 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B61D (Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles)

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

Salco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Salco Products, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2016	2	25.0%
2017	2	25.0%
2019	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Salco Products, Inc. patent most?

B61D - Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles 3

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 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

Salco Products, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Salco Products, Inc.'s lead technology class is B61D (Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B61D
Ranked #33,145 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Salco Products, Inc. against System 3R International AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.9/100 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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