Where does Saltworks Technologies Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Saltworks Technologies Inc. ranks #21,718 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 Saltworks Technologies Inc. hold?

Saltworks Technologies Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Saltworks Technologies Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Saltworks Technologies Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.2 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Saltworks Technologies Inc. focus on?

Saltworks Technologies Inc.'s top technology area is B01D (SEPARATION) with 11 patents. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Saltworks Technologies Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Saltworks Technologies Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -91% 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 Saltworks Technologies Inc.'s patents?

Saltworks Technologies Inc.'s patents average 21.4 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 Saltworks Technologies 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 Foreign Corporation

Saltworks Technologies Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B01D (SEPARATION).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Saltworks ranks #21,718 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 17 technology areas.

#21,718
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.2/100): 21.4
avg claims per patent: -91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21718 · Foreign Corporation #21,718 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,718/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Rotoliptic Incorpora…
CPC-FOCUS B01D · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rotoliptic Technologies Incorporated (±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
Saltworks · this assignee

43
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Saltworks's Innovation Score is 43.2/100 (top 29% 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.

Where Saltworks's grants concentrate

Saltworks Technologies Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 84.6% of grants classified under B01D (SEPARATION). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Saltworks sits between Rotoliptic Technologies Incorporated and Segmint Inc..

Rotoliptic Incorp…

13
Rowbot Systems

13
S Bravo Systems

13
Sabic SK Nexlene…

13
Sanko

13
Screenovate

13
Sedonasys Systems

13
Segmint

13
Saltworks ◀

13

What this shows Saltworks holds 13 patents at rank #21,711, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Saltworks

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,711 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01D (Separation)

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

Saltworks's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Saltworks Technologies Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	23.1%
2016	4	30.8%
2017	2	15.4%
2018	1	7.7%
2019	1	7.7%
2022	1	7.7%
2025partial year	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Saltworks Technologies Inc. patent most?

B01D - SEPARATION 11

C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE 9

B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS 6

Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE 5

C08J - WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H 4

C08F - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

C09D - COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR 2

C09J - ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES 2

C07C - ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS 2

Y02W - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT 2

F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS 1

Y02B - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS 1

B08B - CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL 1

F28G - CLEANING OF INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL SURFACES OF HEAT-EXCHANGE OR HEAT-TRANSFER CONDUITS, e.g. WATER TUBES OR BOILERS 1

Top 15 of 17 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,718

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

43.2 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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