Where does Unist, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Unist, Inc. ranks #38,092 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 Unist, Inc. hold?

Unist, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Unist, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Unist, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.9 out of 100 (36th 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 Unist, Inc. focus on?

Unist, Inc.'s top technology area is F16N (Lubricating) with 5 patents, ranking #24 of 193 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Unist, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Unist, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Unist, Inc.'s patents?

Unist, Inc.'s patents average 16.6 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 Unist, 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

Unist, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 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: F16N (Lubricating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Unist ranks #38,092 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#38,092
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.9/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38092 · US Corporation #38,092 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #38,092/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH UniEnergy
CPC-NARROW F16N · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: UniEnergy Technologies, 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 Unist’s 30.9 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 7.2 pts (23%) Velocity 4.4 pts (14%) Breadth 9.4 pts (30%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Unist · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Unist's Innovation Score is 30.9/100 (36th 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 Unist?

Each dot is one of Unist’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). Unist’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Unist's grants concentrate

Unist, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under F16N (Lubricating). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Unist sits between UniEnergy Technologies, LLC and Universidad Andrés Bello.

Unist's three-year grant acceleration

Unist, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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 Unist holds 7 patents at rank #38,093, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Unist

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,093 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16N (Lubricating)

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

Unist's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Unist, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2023	2	28.6%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Unist, Inc. patent most?

F16N - Lubricating 5

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

F01M - Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating 2

B23B - TURNING; Boring 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Unist, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Unist, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16N (Lubricating), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16N
Ranked #38,092 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Unist, Inc. against UniEnergy Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.9/100 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

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.