Where does United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC ranks #25,460 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 United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC hold?

United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC's Innovation Score?

United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC has an Innovation Score of 39.8 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC's recent grant velocity is +800% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC's patents?

United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC'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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC

Q: What technology areas does United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC focus on?

United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC's top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 5 patents, ranking #419 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the United States Pipe and Foundry Company, 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 PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 5 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, United ranks #25,460 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 5 technology areas.

#25,460
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.8/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: +800%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25460 · US Corporation #25,460 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,460/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH UbiQD
CPC-NARROW F16L · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +800% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: UbiQD, Inc. (±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 United’s 39.8 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 8.6 pts (22%) Velocity 13.3 pts (34%) Breadth 7.9 pts (20%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (25%)

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What this shows United's Innovation Score is 39.8/100 (top 37% 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 United?

Each dot is one of United’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). United’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where United's grants concentrate

United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 45.5% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, United sits between UbiQD, Inc. and Universitaet Basel.

United's three-year grant acceleration

United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC shows 6 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 United holds 11 patents at rank #25,451, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near United

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,451 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

United's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% 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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United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2020	1	9.1%
2021	2	18.2%
2022	4	36.4%
2023	1	9.1%
2024	1	9.1%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 5

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 4

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 2

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 5 of 5 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

United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC's lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 45.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #25,460 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC against UbiQD, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.8/100 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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