USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Callaway Golf Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 694 granted patents across 42 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: A63B (APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

694

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

8.2

Avg claims per patent

-58%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Callaway holds 694 US patents across 42 technology areas, rank #643 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#643
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.8/100): 8.2
avg claims per patent: -58%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Callaway Golf Company has been granted 694 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Callaway Golf Company at rank #643 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 42 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 8.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in A63B (APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT). As a US Corporation, Callaway Golf Company is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Callaway sits between Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey (698 patents, rank #639) and University Of Washington (691 patents, rank #647) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 51.8/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 205 grants, compared with 489 in the 2015–2019 window, a -58% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Callaway Golf Company's 8.2 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while a multi-domain presence across 42 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Callaway Golf Company against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Rutgers the State…

698
Arizona Board of…

696
Centurylink Intel…

695
Cerner Innovation

695
Callaway Golf ◀

694
Cameron Internati…

692
Posco

691
Schneider Electri…

691
University of Was…

691

What this shows Callaway holds 694 patents at rank #643, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Callaway

By rank, the assignees closest to #643 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training)

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

Callaway's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 50,000 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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Callaway Golf Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	76	11.0%
2016	90	13.0%
2017	104	15.0%
2018	115	16.6%
2019	104	15.0%
2020	72	10.4%
2021	80	11.5%
2022	49	7.1%
2023	1	0.1%
2024	1	0.1%
2025	2	0.3%

Which technologies does Callaway Golf Company patent most?

A63B - APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT 398

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 31

C08L - COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS 28

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 27

B29L - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES 26

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 20

C08F - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS 17

C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; ; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C 17

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 10

B22F - WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER ; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER 9

B21K - MAKING FORGED OR PRESSED METAL PRODUCTS, e.g. HORSE-SHOES, RIVETS, BOLTS OR WHEELS 8

C08G - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS 8

C09D - COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR 7

G06K - GRAPHICAL DATA READING ; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS 7

B22C - FOUNDRY MOULDING 6

Top 15 of 42 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Simple

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#643

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Callaway Golf Company hold?

Callaway Golf Company holds 694 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 42 technology areas.

What is Callaway Golf Company's Innovation Score?

Callaway Golf Company has an Innovation Score of 51.8 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Callaway Golf Company focus on?

Callaway Golf Company's top technology area is A63B (APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT) with 398 patents. The company has filed patents in 42 CPC subclasses total.

Is Callaway Golf Company's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Callaway Golf Company's recent filing velocity is -58% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Callaway Golf Company's patents?

Callaway Golf Company's patents average 8.2 claims each. This is relatively simple claim structure, typical for focused inventions.

How is the Callaway Golf 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.

How to use this portfolio

Callaway's 694 grants land it in the top 11% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Callaway ranks #643 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in A63B - see who else leads that technology area. A63B leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.