Where does Valmet AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Valmet AB ranks #3,720 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 Valmet AB hold?

Valmet AB holds 98 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 50 technology areas.

What is Valmet AB's Innovation Score?

Valmet AB has an Innovation Score of 61.9 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Valmet AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Valmet AB's recent grant velocity is +74% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Valmet AB's patents?

Valmet AB's patents average 13.3 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 Valmet AB 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

Valmet AB

Q: What technology areas does Valmet AB focus on?

Valmet AB's top technology area is D21C (Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor) with 58 patents, ranking #1 of 161 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 50 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 98 granted patents across 50 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: D21C (Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Valmet ranks #3,720 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 98 patents across 50 technology areas.

#3,720
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.9/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: +74%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3720 · Foreign Corporation #3,720 · 98 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 98 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,720/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Samumed
CPC-WIDE D21C · 50 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +74% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Samumed, 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 Valmet’s 61.9 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 15.9 pts (26%) Velocity 13.0 pts (21%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tokuyama · near

62
Valeo Siemens… · near

62
Applied Materials… · near

62
National University… · near

62
Valmet AB · this assignee

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Valmet's Innovation Score is 61.9/100 (top 3% 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 Valmet?

Each dot is one of Valmet’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). Valmet’s own 13.3 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.

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

How Valmet's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Valmet AB received 59 grants versus 34 in 2015–2019 (+74% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 18 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 6. Lead class D21C accounts for 59.2% of the portfolio across 50 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Samumed, LLC (#3,716) and Arlo Technologies, Inc. (#3,724).

Valmet's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Valmet AB moved from 22 to 43 grants (1.96x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Samumed

98
Sinfonia Technolo…

98
Strong Force TX P…

98
Tohoku Pioneer

98
West Affum Holdin…

98
Valmet AB ◀

98
Aetna

97
Arizona Board of…

97
Arlo

97

What this shows Valmet holds 98 patents at rank #3,720, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Valmet

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,720 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D21C (Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substan…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Valmet, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In D21C (Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substan…), Valmet ranks #1 of 161 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Applied Materials Israel Ltd. 62 National University OF Singapore 62 Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH 62 Tokuyama Corporation 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.3 here).

Universite DE Rennes 13.3 avg Dalian Institute OF Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy OF Sciences 13.3 avg Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. 13.3 avg Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, Ltd. 13.3 avg

Valmet's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Valmet AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	7.1%
2016	6	6.1%
2017	7	7.1%
2018	8	8.2%
2019	6	6.1%
2020	6	6.1%
2021	10	10.2%
2022	12	12.2%
2023	13	13.3%
2024	18	18.4%
2025partial year	5	5.1%

Which technologies does Valmet AB patent most?

D21C - Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor 58

D21D - Treatment OF THE Materials Before Passing TO THE Paper-making Machine 30

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 21

D21B - Fibrous RAW Materials OR Their Mechanical Treatment 20

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 15

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 11

D21F - Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon 11

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 10

B01D - Separation 9

B30B - Presses IN General 7

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 6

C13K - Saccharides Obtained From Natural Sources OR BY Hydrolysis OF Naturally Occurring Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides OR Polysaccharides 6

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 6

C08H - Derivatives OF Natural Macromolecular Compounds 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

Top 15 of 50 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

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Valmet AB's lead technology class is D21C (Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor), 59.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D21C
Ranked #3,720 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Valmet AB against Samumed, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.9/100 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

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