Where does Valmet Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Valmet Technologies, Inc. ranks #6,724 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 Technologies, Inc. hold?

Valmet Technologies, Inc. holds 50 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 43 technology areas.

What is Valmet Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Valmet Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.8 out of 100 (top 8% 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 Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Valmet Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is D21F (Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon) with 16 patents, ranking #16 of 93 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 43 CPC subclasses total.

Is Valmet Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Valmet Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -53% 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 Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Valmet Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 14.5 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 Technologies, 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 Foreign Corporation

Valmet Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 50 granted patents across 43 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: D21F (Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Valmet ranks #6,724 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 50 patents across 43 technology areas.

#6,724
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (53.8/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent: -53%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6724 · Foreign Corporation #6,724 · 50 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 50 grants
UPPER-Q #6,724/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Strategic Coach
CPC-WIDE D21F · 43 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -53% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Strategic Coach 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 Valmet’s 53.8 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 13.6 pts (25%) Velocity 8.3 pts (15%) Breadth 23.2 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Inspur Information… · near

54
Furanix B V · near

54
Preh · near

54
Syracuse University · near

54
Valmet · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Valmet's Innovation Score is 53.8/100 (top 8% 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 14.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 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.

Where Valmet's grants concentrate

Valmet Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 43 CPC subclasses with 32% of grants classified under D21F (Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Valmet sits between The Strategic Coach Inc. and Weyerhaeuser NR Company.

Valmet's three-year grant acceleration

Valmet Technologies, Inc. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

The Strategic Coa…

50
Thermochem Recove…

50
US Government AS…

50
Unilin Bvba

50
W C Bradley

50
Withings

50
Wenzhou University

50
Weyerhaeuser NR

50
Valmet ◀

50

What this shows Valmet holds 50 patents at rank #6,722, 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 #6,722 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D21F (Paper-making Machines)

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 D21F (Paper-making Machines), Valmet ranks #16 of 93 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Preh GmbH 54 Furanix Technologies B, V. 54 Syracuse University 54 Inspur Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd. 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.5 here).

Gustav Klauke GMBH 14.5 avg Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft 14.5 avg Hadasit Medical Research Services AND Development Ltd. 14.5 avg K-tronics (SUZHOU) Technology Co., Ltd. 14.5 avg

Valmet's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

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 Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	32.0%
2016	6	12.0%
2017	4	8.0%
2018	6	12.0%
2019	2	4.0%
2020	2	4.0%
2021	4	8.0%
2022	1	2.0%
2023	3	6.0%
2024	6	12.0%

Which technologies does Valmet Technologies, Inc. patent most?

D21F - Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon 16

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 14

D21D - Treatment OF THE Materials Before Passing TO THE Paper-making Machine 13

D21G - CALENDERS; Accessories FOR Paper-making Machines 11

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 9

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 9

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 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 3

D21C - Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor 3

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 3

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

D06C - Finishing, Dressing, Tentering OR Stretching Textile Fabrics 2

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

D06B - Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases OR Vapours 2

Top 15 of 43 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

Valmet Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Valmet Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is D21F (Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon), 32% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D21F
Ranked #6,724 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Valmet Technologies, Inc. against The Strategic Coach Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.8/100 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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