Where does The Steelstone Group LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Steelstone Group LLC ranks #8,694 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 Steelstone Group LLC hold?

The Steelstone Group LLC holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is The Steelstone Group LLC's Innovation Score?

The Steelstone Group LLC has an Innovation Score of 48.0 out of 100 (top 17% 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 Steelstone Group LLC focus on?

The Steelstone Group LLC's top technology area is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages) with 11 patents, ranking #91 of 793 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Steelstone Group LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for The Steelstone Group LLC.

What does claim depth mean for The Steelstone Group LLC's patents?

The Steelstone Group LLC's patents average 5.3 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 Steelstone Group LLC 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 Steelstone Group LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #8,694 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 12 technology areas.

#8,694
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.0/100): 5.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8694 · US Corporation #8,694 · 37 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,694/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tata Steel
CPC-FOCUS A47J · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tata Steel 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 48.0 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 12.6 pts (26%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 12.2 pts (25%) Claim depth 3.2 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Zoho Private · near

48
Chongqing University… · near

48
Huesker · near

48
MolyWorks Material · near

48
The Steelstone Group · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 48.0/100 (top 17% 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 5.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The Steelstone Group LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 29.7% of grants classified under A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, The sits between Tornier SAS and Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc..

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Steelstone Group LLC shows 22 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Tornier SAS

37
Tris Pharma

37
Tata Steel

37
Telect

37
Thermo Scientific…

37
Thermolife Intern…

37
Toontrack Music AB

37
Toray Advanced Ma…

37
The Steelstone Gr… ◀

37

What this shows The holds 37 patents at rank #8,698, 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 #8,698 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47J (Kitchen Equipment)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47J (Kitchen Equipment), The ranks #91 of 793 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Chongqing University Of Posts And Telecommunications 48 MolyWorks Material Corporation 48 Huesker, Inc 48 Zoho Corporation Private Limited 48

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The Steelstone Group LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	2.7%
2022	5	13.5%
2023	4	10.8%
2024	13	35.1%
2025partial year	14	37.8%

Which technologies does The Steelstone Group LLC patent most?

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 11

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 3

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 2

A21B - Bakers' OVENS; Machines OR Equipment FOR Baking 2

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 1

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 1

A23F - COFFEE; TEA; Their SUBSTITUTES; Manufacture, Preparation, OR Infusion Thereof 1

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A46B - Brushes 1

A23N - Machines OR Apparatus FOR Treating Harvested Fruit, Vegetables OR Flower Bulbs IN Bulk, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Peeling Vegetables OR Fruit IN BULK; Apparatus FOR Preparing Animal Feeding- Stuffs 1

Top 12 of 12 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 Steelstone Group LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Steelstone Group LLC's lead technology class is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages), 29.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47J
Ranked #8,694 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Steelstone Group LLC against Tornier SAS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.0/100 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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