Where does Cantex, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cantex, Inc. ranks #28,332 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 Cantex, Inc. hold?

Cantex, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Cantex, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Cantex, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.8 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cantex, Inc. focus on?

Cantex, Inc.'s top technology area is H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines) with 5 patents, ranking #183 of 985 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Cantex, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Cantex, Inc.'s patents?

Cantex, Inc.'s patents average 23.0 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 Cantex, 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 US Corporation

Cantex, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cantex ranks #28,332 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 6 technology areas.

#28,332
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.8/100): 23.0
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28332 · US Corporation #28,332 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,332/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Calcean Minerals…
CPC-NARROW H02G · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Calcean Minerals and Materials, 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 Cantex’s 43.8 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 8.0 pts (18%) Velocity 13.3 pts (30%) Breadth 8.7 pts (20%) Claim depth 13.8 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cantex · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cantex's Innovation Score is 43.8/100 (top 27% 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 Cantex?

Each dot is one of Cantex’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). Cantex’s own 23.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cantex's grants concentrate

Cantex, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Cantex sits between Calcean Minerals and Materials, LLC and Carl Walther GmbH.

Cantex's three-year grant acceleration

Cantex, Inc. shows 4 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.

Calcean Minerals…

9
Caliway Biopharma…

9
Cambridge

9
Canonical

9
Carbofix Orthoped…

9
Cardiosolutions

9
Cardurion Pharmac…

9
Carl Walther

9
Cantex ◀

9

What this shows Cantex holds 9 patents at rank #28,422, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cantex

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,422 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines)

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

Cantex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Cantex, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	11.1%
2018	1	11.1%
2019	1	11.1%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	1	11.1%
2023	3	33.3%
2025partial year	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Cantex, Inc. patent most?

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 5

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

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

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 2

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 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 6 of 6 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

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

Cantex, Inc.'s lead technology class is H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02G
Ranked #28,332 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cantex, Inc. against Calcean Minerals and Materials, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.8/100 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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