Ulstein Design & Solutions AS
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Ulstein ranks #18,238 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 4 technology areas.
- #18,238
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 41%
- by Innovation Score (38.5/100)
- 2.7
- avg claims per patent
- +500%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R18238 · Foreign Corporation #18,238 · 16 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
- MID-PACK #18,238/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Unico
- CPC-NARROW B63B · 4 areas
- INNOV-THIN 38.5/100
- CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.7 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- VEL-SURGE +500% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Unico, 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 Ulstein’s 38.5 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Ulstein
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Ulstein Design &… · this assignee
Ulstein Design &… · this assignee
38 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Ulstein's Innovation Score is 38.5/100 (top 41% 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 Ulstein?
Each dot is one of Ulstein’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). Ulstein’s own 2.7 claims/patent is at or below the 10.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.
Where Ulstein's grants concentrate
Ulstein Design & Solutions AS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 12.5% of grants classified under B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Ulstein sits between UNIVERSITÀ Degli Studi DI Cagliari and Uptake Medical Technology Inc..
Ulstein's three-year grant acceleration
Ulstein Design & Solutions AS shows 11 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.
Who files at Ulstein's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- UniversitÀ Degli…
UNIVERSITÀ Degli Studi DI Cagliari
16 patents
- UniversitÄTsklini…
UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM HAMBURG—EPPENDORF
16 patents
- UniversitÉ DE Tou…
UNIVERSITÉ DE Tours
16 patents
- USA Sports
USA Sports, Inc.
16 patents
- Unico
Unico, LLC
16 patents
- Universal Can
Universal Can Corporation
16 patents
- Uplay1
Uplay1
16 patents
- Uptake Medical Te…
Uptake Medical Technology Inc.
16 patents
- Ulstein Design &… ◀
Ulstein Design & Solutions AS
16 patents
What this shows Ulstein holds 16 patents at rank #18,244, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Ulstein
By rank, the assignees closest to #18,244 in granted patent volume.
- UNIVERSITÀ Degli Studi DI Cagliari #18,240 · 16 patents
- UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM HAMBURG—EPPENDORF #18,241 · 16 patents
- UNIVERSITÉ DE Tours #18,242 · 16 patents
- USA Sports, Inc. #18,243 · 16 patents
- Unico, LLC #18,245 · 16 patents
- Universal Can Corporation #18,246 · 16 patents
- Uplay1 #18,247 · 16 patents
- Uptake Medical Technology Inc. #18,248 · 16 patents
Leaders in B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Ulstein's primary technology class.
- Brunswick Corporation 196 in class
- United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force 141 in class
- Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha 140 in class
- Itrec B.V. 83 in class
- MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC 63 in class
- Furuno Electric Company Limited 51 in class
- PGS Geophysical AS 49 in class
- Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. 49 in class
Ulstein's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2022 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 2023 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 2024 | 3 | 18.8% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 12.5% |
Which technologies does Ulstein Design & Solutions AS patent most?
Top 4 of 4 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Ulstein Design & Solutions AS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Ulstein Design & Solutions AS's lead technology class is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping), 12.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63B
- Ranked #18,238 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Ulstein Design & Solutions AS against UNIVERSITÀ Degli Studi DI Cagliari, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 38.5/100 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.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.