Where does The Oilgear Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Oilgear Company ranks #30,393 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 Oilgear Company hold?

The Oilgear Company holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is The Oilgear Company's Innovation Score?

The Oilgear Company has an Innovation Score of 43.2 out of 100 (top 29% 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 Oilgear Company focus on?

The Oilgear Company's top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating) with 6 patents, ranking #363 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Oilgear Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Oilgear Company's recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for The Oilgear Company's patents?

The Oilgear Company's patents average 15.4 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 Oilgear Company 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 Oilgear Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #30,393 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 7 technology areas.

#30,393
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.2/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30393 · US Corporation #30,393 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,393/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Marco
CPC-NARROW F16K · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Marco Company (±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 43.2 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 8.0 pts (18%) Velocity 16.7 pts (38%) Breadth 9.4 pts (22%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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The Oilgear · this assignee

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 43.2/100 (top 29% 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 15.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.9 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 Oilgear Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, The sits between The Marco Company and The Steel Network, Inc..

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Oilgear Company shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

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What this shows The holds 9 patents at rank #30,398, 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 #30,398 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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)

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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The Oilgear Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	22.2%
2022	2	22.2%
2023	1	11.1%
2024	2	22.2%
2025partial year	2	22.2%

Which technologies does The Oilgear Company patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 6

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 3

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 1

F01L - Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines 1

Top 7 of 7 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 Oilgear Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Oilgear Company's lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #30,393 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Oilgear Company against The Marco Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.2/100 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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