Where does Cerro Wire LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cerro Wire LLC ranks #25,980 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 Cerro Wire LLC hold?

Cerro Wire LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Cerro Wire LLC's Innovation Score?

Cerro Wire LLC has an Innovation Score of 29.7 out of 100 (32nd 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 Cerro Wire LLC focus on?

Cerro Wire LLC's top technology area is B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables) with 4 patents, ranking #268 of 1,019 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cerro Wire LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cerro Wire LLC's recent grant velocity is -20% 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 Cerro Wire LLC's patents?

Cerro Wire LLC's patents average 10.9 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 Cerro Wire LLC 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

Cerro Wire LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cerro ranks #25,980 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 14 technology areas.

#25,980
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.7/100): 10.9
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25980 · US Corporation #25,980 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,980/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Center Rock
CPC-FOCUS B65H · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Center Rock 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 Cerro’s 29.7 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 8.3 pts (28%) Velocity 1.7 pts (6%) Breadth 13.2 pts (44%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Cerro Wire · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cerro's Innovation Score is 29.7/100 (32nd 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 Cerro?

Each dot is one of Cerro’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). Cerro’s own 10.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cerro's grants concentrate

Cerro Wire LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Cerro sits between Center Rock Inc. and Changzhou Tronly New Electronics Materials Co., Ltd..

Cerro's three-year grant acceleration

Cerro Wire LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Center Rock

10
Centro De Investi…

10
Cerebral Assessme…

10
Ceregate

10
Chaei Hsin Enterp…

10
Chagrinovations

10
Changzhou T&D Int…

10
Changzhou Tronly…

10
Cerro Wire ◀

10

What this shows Cerro holds 10 patents at rank #26,028, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cerro

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,028 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material)

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

Cerro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 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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Cerro Wire LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2017	2	20.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Cerro Wire LLC patent most?

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 4

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 3

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 3

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

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

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 1

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

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Cerro Wire LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cerro Wire LLC's lead technology class is B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65H
Ranked #25,980 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cerro Wire LLC against Center Rock Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.7/100 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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