Where does Steelhead Composites, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Steelhead Composites, Inc. ranks #37,691 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 Steelhead Composites, Inc. hold?

Steelhead Composites, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Steelhead Composites, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Steelhead Composites, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.9 out of 100 (32nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Steelhead Composites, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Steelhead Composites, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Steelhead Composites, Inc.'s patents?

Steelhead Composites, Inc.'s patents average 15.0 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 Steelhead Composites, 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

Steelhead Composites, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Steelhead Composites, Inc. focus on?

Steelhead Composites, Inc.'s top technology area is F17C (Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 4 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: F17C (Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Steelhead ranks #37,691 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 4 technology areas.

#37,691
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.9/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37691 · US Corporation #37,691 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,691/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Stat Capsule
CPC-NARROW F17C · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Stat Capsule 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Steelhead Composites · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Steelhead's Innovation Score is 29.9/100 (32nd 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.

Where Steelhead's grants concentrate

Steelhead Composites, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under F17C (Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases). By volume, Steelhead sits between Stat Capsule Inc. and StimLabs LLC.

Steelhead's three-year grant acceleration

Steelhead Composites, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Stat Capsule

7
State Grid Fujian…

7
Steadycare

7
Stealthgearusa

7
Steinway Musical…

7
Stephen N Loyd Ir…

7
Sterilex

7
Stimlabs

7
Steelhead Composi… ◀

7

What this shows Steelhead holds 7 patents at rank #37,716, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Steelhead

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,716 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F17C (Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed)

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

Steelhead's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 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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Steelhead Composites, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2016	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Steelhead Composites, Inc. patent most?

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 6

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#37,691

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

29.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Steelhead Composites, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Steelhead Composites, Inc.'s lead technology class is F17C (Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F17C
Ranked #37,691 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Steelhead Composites, Inc. against Stat Capsule Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.9/100 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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