Overall rank by patents
#6,490
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 52 granted patents across 34 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: B33Y (ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE ).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Technology ranks #6,490 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 52 patents across 34 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R6490 · Foreign Corporation #6,490 · 52 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Sartorius Stedim North America 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Innate Pharma · near
42 score
Interaptix · near
42 score
Lensvector · near
42 score
Nissin Foods Holdings · near
42 score
Technology Research… · this assignee
42 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Technology Research Association FOR Future Additive Manufacturing stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DOWN, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #6,490 of 50,000; Innovation Score 41.5/100 sits in the top 33% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Sartorius Stedim North America Inc. (±0 grants).
Technology Research Association FOR Future Additive Manufacturing has been granted 52 US utility patents between 2018 and 2025, placing Technology Research Association FOR Future Additive Manufacturing at #6,490 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 34 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 10.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in B33Y (ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE ). As a Foreign Corporation, Technology Research Association FOR Future Additive Manufacturing is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Technology sits between Sartorius Stedim North America Inc. (52 patents, rank #6,485) and Tanium Inc. (52 patents, rank #6,493) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 41.5/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 23 grants, compared with 26 in the 2015–2019 window, a -12% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Technology Research Association FOR Future Additive Manufacturing's 10.1 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 34 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Sartorius Stedim North America Inc.
52 patents
Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited
52 patents
Sun Hydraulics, LLC
52 patents
Sutro Biopharma, Inc.
52 patents
THE GLEASON WORKS
52 patents
TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
52 patents
TOYO TANSO CO., LTD.
52 patents
Tanium Inc.
52 patents
TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FOR FUTURE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
52 patents
What this shows Technology holds 52 patents at rank #6,489, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #6,489 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Technology's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Technology, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.1 here).
Technology's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
42 Top 33% higher than 67% of 50,000 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 8 | 15.4% |
| 2019 | 18 | 34.6% |
| 2020 | 11 | 21.2% |
| 2021 | 6 | 11.5% |
| 2022 | 2 | 3.8% |
| 2023 | 3 | 5.8% |
| 2024 | 1 | 1.9% |
| 2025partial year | 3 | 5.8% |
Top 15 of 34 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#6,490
of 50,000 tracked assignees
41.5 out of 100
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