Where does Strasbaugh rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Strasbaugh ranks #43,349 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 Strasbaugh hold?

Strasbaugh holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Strasbaugh's Innovation Score?

Strasbaugh has an Innovation Score of 18.8 out of 100 (5th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Strasbaugh's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Strasbaugh's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Strasbaugh's patents?

Strasbaugh's patents average 11.8 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 Strasbaugh 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

Strasbaugh

Q: What technology areas does Strasbaugh focus on?

Strasbaugh's top technology area is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents) with 5 patents, ranking #104 of 468 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Strasbaugh ranks #43,349 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 2 technology areas.

#43,349
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (18.8/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43349 · US Corporation #43,349 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,349/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Stop River Development
CPC-NARROW B24B · 2 areas
INNOV-LOW 18.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Stop River Development LLC (±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 Strasbaugh’s 18.8 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 6.7 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (27%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Strasbaugh · this assignee

19
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Strasbaugh's Innovation Score is 18.8/100 (5th 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 Strasbaugh?

Each dot is one of Strasbaugh’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). Strasbaugh’s own 11.8 claims/patent is at or below the 13.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Strasbaugh's grants concentrate

Strasbaugh is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Strasbaugh sits between Stop River Development LLC and Streamline Automation LLC.

Stop River Develo…

6
Stoplight

6
Storageos

6
Strahman Valves

6
Stratus Bermuda

6
Streamlabs

6
Streamezzo

6
Streamline Automa…

6
Strasbaugh ◀

6

What this shows Strasbaugh holds 6 patents at rank #43,372, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Strasbaugh

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,372 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B24B (Machines)

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

Strasbaugh's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

19 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Strasbaugh patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	50.0%
2016	2	33.3%
2017	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Strasbaugh patent most?

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

Top 2 of 2 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

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Strasbaugh's lead technology class is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B24B
Ranked #43,349 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Strasbaugh against Stop River Development LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 18.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.