Where does The NanoSteel Company, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The NanoSteel Company, Inc. ranks #18,186 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 The NanoSteel Company, Inc. hold?

The NanoSteel Company, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is The NanoSteel Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

The NanoSteel Company, 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 The NanoSteel Company, Inc. focus on?

The NanoSteel Company, Inc.'s top technology area is C22C (Alloys) with 14 patents, ranking #127 of 948 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is The NanoSteel Company, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The NanoSteel Company, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -67% 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 The NanoSteel Company, Inc.'s patents?

The NanoSteel Company, Inc.'s patents average 17.3 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 The NanoSteel Company, 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

The NanoSteel Company, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: C22C (Alloys).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #18,186 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 16 technology areas.

#18,186
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.3/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18186 · US Corporation #18,186 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,186/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH TeraView
CPC-FOCUS C22C · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: TeraView Limited (±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 The’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 9.8 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.1 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The NanoSteel · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The'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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The NanoSteel Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under C22C (Alloys). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, The sits between TeraView Limited and Thirty-One Gifts LLC.

Teraview

16
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16
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16
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16
The United States…

16
Theraclone Scienc…

16
Thetaray

16
Thirty-one Gifts

16
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16

What this shows The holds 16 patents at rank #18,206, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,206 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C22C (Alloys)

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

The'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 · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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The NanoSteel Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	18.8%
2016	2	12.5%
2017	1	6.3%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	5	31.3%
2020	2	12.5%
2021	2	12.5%

Which technologies does The NanoSteel Company, Inc. patent most?

C22C - Alloys 14

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 13

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 5

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 5

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 4

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 Laser Sintering 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 2

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 1

Top 15 of 16 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

The NanoSteel Company, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The NanoSteel Company, Inc.'s lead technology class is C22C (Alloys), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C22C
Ranked #18,186 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The NanoSteel Company, Inc. against TeraView Limited, 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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