Where does Strato, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Strato, Inc. ranks #14,300 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 Strato, Inc. hold?

Strato, Inc. holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Strato, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Strato, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.3 out of 100 (47th 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 Strato, Inc. focus on?

Strato, Inc.'s top technology area is B61G (COUPLINGS; Draught AND Buffing Appliances) with 7 patents, ranking #7 of 46 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

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

Strato, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Strato, Inc.'s patents?

Strato, Inc.'s patents average 11.7 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 Strato, 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

Strato, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B61G (COUPLINGS; Draught AND Buffing Appliances).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Strato ranks #14,300 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 15 technology areas.

#14,300
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.3/100): 11.7
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14300 · US Corporation #14,300 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,300/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Stanadyne
CPC-FOCUS B61G · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Stanadyne 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 Strato’s 34.3 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 10.7 pts (31%) Velocity 3.0 pts (9%) Breadth 13.7 pts (40%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Strato · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Strato's Innovation Score is 34.3/100 (47th 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 Strato?

Each dot is one of Strato’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). Strato’s own 11.7 claims/patent is at or below the 13.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Strato's grants concentrate

Strato, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under B61G (COUPLINGS; Draught AND Buffing Appliances). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Strato sits between Stanadyne LLC and T-conn Precision Corporation.

Strato's three-year grant acceleration

Strato, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Stanadyne

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Stone Aerospace

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Suretint

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Synata Bio

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Synlogic Operating

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T-conn Precision

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Strato ◀

21

What this shows Strato holds 21 patents at rank #14,302, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Strato

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,302 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B61G (Couplings)

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

Strato's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Strato, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.8%
2017	3	14.3%
2018	4	19.0%
2019	4	19.0%
2020	3	14.3%
2021	2	9.5%
2022	1	4.8%
2023	1	4.8%
2024	2	9.5%

Which technologies does Strato, Inc. patent most?

B61G - COUPLINGS; Draught AND Buffing Appliances 7

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

B61F - Rail Vehicle Suspensions, e.g. Underframes, Bogies OR Arrangements OF Wheel AXLES; Rail Vehicles FOR USE ON Tracks OF Different WIDTH; Preventing Derailing OF Rail VEHICLES; Wheel Guards, Obstruction Removers OR THE Like FOR Rail Vehicles 2

B61D - Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles 2

B61H - Brakes OR Other Retarding Devices Specially Adapted FOR Rail VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Disposition Thereof IN Rail Vehicles 2

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

C22C - Alloys 1

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 1

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 1

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 15 of 15 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

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

Strato, Inc.'s lead technology class is B61G (COUPLINGS; Draught AND Buffing Appliances), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B61G
Ranked #14,300 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Strato, Inc. against Stanadyne LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.3/100 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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