Where does C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc. ranks #25,981 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 C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc. hold?

C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s Innovation Score?

C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.9 out of 100 (39th 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 C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc. focus on?

C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s top technology area is B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables) with 9 patents, ranking #141 of 1,019 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -89% 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 C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s patents?

C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s patents average 24.9 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 C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., 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

C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, C.g. ranks #25,981 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 6 technology areas.

#25,981
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.9/100): 24.9
avg claims per patent: -89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25981 · US Corporation #25,981 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,981/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Buhler Sortex
CPC-NARROW B65H · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Buhler Sortex Ltd. (±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 C.g.’s 31.9 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 (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 14.9 pts (47%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows C.g.'s Innovation Score is 31.9/100 (39th 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 C.g.?

Each dot is one of C.g.’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). C.g.’s own 24.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where C.g.'s grants concentrate

C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, C.g. sits between Buhler Sortex Ltd. and Canon Marketing Japan Kabushiki Kaisha.

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What this shows C.G. holds 10 patents at rank #25,938, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CG

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,938 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material)

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

C.g.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	3	30.0%
2019	3	30.0%
2020	1	10.0%

Which technologies does C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc. patent most?

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 9

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

B31D - Making Articles OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper, NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses B31b OR B31c 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

C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s lead technology class is B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65H
Ranked #25,981 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc. against Buhler Sortex Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.9/100 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

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