Where does Uponor Infra Oy rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Uponor Infra Oy ranks #38,131 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 Uponor Infra Oy hold?

Uponor Infra Oy holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Uponor Infra Oy's Innovation Score?

Uponor Infra Oy has an Innovation Score of 30.7 out of 100 (35th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Uponor Infra Oy's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Uponor Infra Oy's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Uponor Infra Oy's patents?

Uponor Infra Oy's patents average 18.0 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 Uponor Infra Oy 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 Foreign Corporation

Uponor Infra Oy

Q: What technology areas does Uponor Infra Oy focus on?

Uponor Infra Oy'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 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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, Uponor ranks #38,131 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 13 technology areas.

#38,131
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.7/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38131 · Foreign Corporation #38,131 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #38,131/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Université d'Auvergn…
CPC-FOCUS F16L · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Université d'Auvergne Clermont 1 (±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 Uponor’s 30.7 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 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Uponor Infra Oy · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Uponor's Innovation Score is 30.7/100 (35th 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 Uponor?

Each dot is one of Uponor’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). Uponor’s own 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Uponor's grants concentrate

Uponor Infra Oy is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 71.4% 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 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Uponor sits between University of South Africa and V- Flex Technologies, Inc..

University of Sou…

7
University of Zag…

7
Université d'auve…

7
Uplight

7
Ushur

7
Utilis Israel

7
Utopiacompression

7
V- Flex

7
Uponor Infra Oy ◀

7

What this shows Uponor holds 7 patents at rank #38,114, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Uponor

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,114 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

Uponor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Uponor Infra Oy patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	2	28.6%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Uponor Infra Oy patent most?

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

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B01D - Separation 1

E03F - SEWERS; Cesspools 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Uponor Infra Oy's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Uponor Infra Oy'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), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #38,131 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Uponor Infra Oy against University of South Africa, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.7/100 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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