Where does Carpin Manufacturing, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Carpin Manufacturing, Inc. ranks #45,483 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 Carpin Manufacturing, Inc. hold?

Carpin Manufacturing, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Carpin Manufacturing, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Carpin Manufacturing, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 21.9 out of 100 (9th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Carpin Manufacturing, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Carpin Manufacturing, Inc.'s patents?

Carpin Manufacturing, Inc.'s patents average 13.0 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 Carpin Manufacturing, 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

Carpin Manufacturing, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Carpin Manufacturing, Inc. focus on?

Carpin Manufacturing, Inc.'s top technology area is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Carpin ranks #45,483 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#45,483
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.9/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45483 · US Corporation #45,483 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,483/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Carl Zeiss Optotechnik
CPC-NARROW F16B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Carl Zeiss Optotechnik GmbH (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Carpin Manufacturing · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Carpin's Innovation Score is 21.9/100 (9th 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.

Where Carpin's grants concentrate

Carpin Manufacturing, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Carpin sits between Carl Zeiss Optotechnik GmbH and Cassida Corporation.

Carl Zeiss Optote…

5
Carleton

5
Carleton Universi…

5
Carollo Engineers

5
Carrygenes Bioeng…

5
Carterra

5
Carus

5
Cassida

5
Carpin Manufactur… ◀

5

What this shows Carpin holds 5 patents at rank #45,753, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Carpin

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,753 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

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

Carpin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

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

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Carpin Manufacturing, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	40.0%
2017	2	40.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Carpin Manufacturing, Inc. patent most?

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 2

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 2

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#45,483

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

21.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Carpin Manufacturing, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16B
Ranked #45,483 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Carpin Manufacturing, Inc. against Carl Zeiss Optotechnik GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.9/100 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

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.