Where does Valmet Automation OY rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Valmet Automation OY ranks #8,956 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 Automation OY hold?

Valmet Automation OY holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Valmet Automation OY's Innovation Score?

Valmet Automation OY has an Innovation Score of 45.6 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Valmet Automation OY focus on?

Valmet Automation OY's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 19 patents, ranking #797 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is Valmet Automation OY's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Valmet Automation OY's recent grant velocity is -6% 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 Valmet Automation OY's patents?

Valmet Automation OY's patents average 13.8 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 Automation 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

Valmet Automation OY

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 32 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Valmet ranks #8,956 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 32 technology areas.

#8,956
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.6/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: -6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8956 · Foreign Corporation #8,956 · 36 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,956/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Union Carbide…
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology 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 45.6 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 12.5 pts (27%) Velocity 4.9 pts (11%) Breadth 20.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
360 Yield Center · near

46
Calysta · near

46
Sharrow Engineering · near

46
Valmet Automation OY · this assignee

46
LS Automotive · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Valmet's Innovation Score is 45.6/100 (top 23% 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 13.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Valmet's grants concentrate

Valmet Automation OY is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 52.8% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Valmet sits between Uponor Innovation AB and View Operating Corporation.

Valmet's three-year grant acceleration

Valmet Automation OY shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Uponor Innovation…

36
Uusi

36
Union Carbide Che…

36
Universite De Bre…

36
Vernet

36
Valneva Austria

36
Vapor IO

36
View Operating

36
Valmet Automation… ◀

36

What this shows Valmet holds 36 patents at rank #8,955, 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 #8,955 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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 G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Valmet ranks #797 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Sharrow Engineering LLC 46 360 Yield Center, LLC 46 LS Automotive Technologies Co., Ltd. 46 Calysta, Inc. 46

Valmet's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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.

View data table

Valmet Automation OY patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	5.6%
2017	5	13.9%
2018	2	5.6%
2019	9	25.0%
2020	4	11.1%
2021	2	5.6%
2022	4	11.1%
2023	4	11.1%
2024	3	8.3%
2025partial year	1	2.8%

Which technologies does Valmet Automation OY patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 19

D21F - Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon 8

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 7

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 6

D21G - CALENDERS; Accessories FOR Paper-making Machines 6

D21C - Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

F23G - Cremation FURNACES; Consuming Waste Products BY Combustion 4

B31F - Mechanical Working OR Deformation OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 3

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

Top 15 of 32 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

Valmet Automation OY's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Valmet Automation OY's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 52.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #8,956 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Valmet Automation OY against Uponor Innovation AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.6/100 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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