Where does Uniweld Products, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Uniweld Products, Inc. ranks #20,575 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 Uniweld Products, Inc. hold?

Uniweld Products, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Uniweld Products, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Uniweld Products, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.1 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Uniweld Products, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -25% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

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

Uniweld Products, Inc.'s patents average 7.4 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 Uniweld Products, 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

Uniweld Products, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Uniweld Products, Inc. focus on?

Uniweld Products, Inc.'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 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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, Uniweld ranks #20,575 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 14 technology areas.

#20,575
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.1/100): 7.4
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20575 · US Corporation #20,575 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,575/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH UltimatePointer L L C
CPC-FOCUS F16L · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: UltimatePointer, L.L.C. (±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 Uniweld’s 38.1 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 9.4 pts (25%) Velocity 11.1 pts (29%) Breadth 13.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 4.5 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Uniweld Products · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Uniweld's Innovation Score is 38.1/100 (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 Uniweld?

Each dot is one of Uniweld’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). Uniweld’s own 7.4 claims/patent is at or below the 18.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Uniweld's grants concentrate

Uniweld Products, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 35.7% 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 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Uniweld sits between UltimatePointer, L.L.C. and Vanadis Diagnostics.

Uniweld's three-year grant acceleration

Uniweld Products, Inc. shows 5 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.

Ultimatepointer L…

14
Ultivue

14
Uniflex-hydraulik

14
University of Mas…

14
Upsher-smith Labo…

14
Vade Secure

14
Val-chum Partners…

14
Vanadis Diagnosti…

14
Uniweld Products ◀

14

What this shows Uniweld holds 14 patents at rank #20,575, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Uniweld

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,575 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

Uniweld'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

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Uniweld Products, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	14.3%
2017	1	7.1%
2018	3	21.4%
2019	2	14.3%
2021	1	7.1%
2022	2	14.3%
2023	2	14.3%
2024	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Uniweld Products, Inc. patent most?

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

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 4

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 4

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 2

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 2

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

F28G - Cleaning OF Internal OR External Surfaces OF Heat-exchange OR Heat-transfer Conduits, e.g. Water Tubes OR Boilers 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

Top 14 of 14 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

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

Uniweld Products, Inc.'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), 35.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #20,575 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Uniweld Products, Inc. against UltimatePointer, L.L.C., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.1/100 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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