Where does Auto Crane Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Auto Crane Company ranks #30,931 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 Auto Crane Company hold?

Auto Crane Company holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Auto Crane Company's Innovation Score?

Auto Crane Company has an Innovation Score of 35.0 out of 100 (49th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Auto Crane Company focus on?

Auto Crane Company's top technology area is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles) with 3 patents, ranking #131 of 428 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Auto Crane Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Auto Crane Company'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 Auto Crane Company's patents?

Auto Crane Company's patents average 15.0 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 Auto Crane Company 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

Auto Crane Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Auto ranks #30,931 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 11 technology areas.

#30,931
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (35.0/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30931 · US Corporation #30,931 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #30,931/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Audera Acoustics
CPC-FOCUS B66C · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Audera Acoustics 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 Auto’s 35.0 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 7.6 pts (22%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 11.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Auto Crane · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Auto's Innovation Score is 35.0/100 (49th 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 Auto?

Each dot is one of Auto’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). Auto’s own 15.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Auto's grants concentrate

Auto Crane Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Auto sits between Audera Acoustics Inc. and Auxora (Shenzhen) Inc..

Auto's three-year grant acceleration

Auto Crane Company shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Audera Acoustics

8
Audix

8
Aurasma

8
Aurora Solar

8
Autoalert

8
Autocrypt

8
Automatik Plastic…

8
Auxora (Shenzhen)

8
Auto Crane ◀

8

What this shows Auto holds 8 patents at rank #30,942, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Auto

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,942 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66C (Cranes)

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

Auto's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

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

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Auto Crane Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	12.5%
2018	2	25.0%
2019	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2024	2	25.0%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Auto Crane Company patent most?

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 3

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 2

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 2

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Auto Crane Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Auto Crane Company's lead technology class is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66C
Ranked #30,931 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Auto Crane Company against Audera Acoustics Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.0/100 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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