Where does Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. ranks #10,287 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 Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. hold?

Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Cintas Corporate Services, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.2 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. focus on?

Cintas Corporate Services, Inc.'s top technology area is A47G (Household OR Table Equipment) with 5 patents, ranking #92 of 709 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cintas Corporate Services, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cintas Corporate Services, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +475% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Cintas Corporate Services, Inc.'s patents?

Cintas Corporate Services, Inc.'s patents average 11.2 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 Cintas Corporate Services, 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

Cintas Corporate Services, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: A47G (Household OR Table Equipment).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cintas ranks #10,287 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 18 technology areas.

#10,287
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.2/100): 11.2
avg claims per patent: +475%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10287 · US Corporation #10,287 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,287/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ChemImage
CPC-FOCUS A47G · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +475% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ChemImage Corporation (±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 Cintas’s 46.2 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 11.9 pts (26%) Velocity 12.6 pts (27%) Breadth 15.0 pts (32%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cintas Corporate… · this assignee

46
Coupa Software… · near

46
LogsHero · near

46
A G Stacker · near

46
Siteimprove A/S · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cintas's Innovation Score is 46.2/100 (top 21% 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 Cintas?

Each dot is one of Cintas’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). Cintas’s own 11.2 claims/patent is at or below the 18.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Cintas's grants concentrate

Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 16.7% of grants classified under A47G (Household OR Table Equipment). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Cintas sits between ChemImage Corporation and Copeland Comfort Control LP.

Cintas's three-year grant acceleration

Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Chemimage

30
Chiaro Technology

30
Christian-albrech…

30
Chromalloy Gas Tu…

30
Commscope Italy S…

30
Conxtech

30
Copan Italia S p A

30
Copeland Comfort…

30
Cintas Corporate… ◀

30

What this shows Cintas holds 30 patents at rank #10,291, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cintas

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,291 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47G (Household OR Table Equipment)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Cintas, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47G (Household OR Table Equipment), Cintas ranks #92 of 709 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Coupa Software Incorporated 46 LogsHero Ltd. 46 A. G. Stacker Inc. 46 Siteimprove A/S 46

Cintas's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	3.3%
2019	3	10.0%
2020	3	10.0%
2021	3	10.0%
2022	5	16.7%
2023	6	20.0%
2024	6	20.0%
2025partial year	3	10.0%

Which technologies does Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. patent most?

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 2

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 2

A47H - Furnishings FOR Windows OR Doors 1

D06F - Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

D06N - Wall, Floor, OR Like Covering Materials, e.g. Linoleum, Oilcloth, Artificial Leather, Roofing Felt, Consisting OF A Fibrous WEB Coated With A Layer OF Macromolecular MATERIAL; Flexible Sheet Material NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

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 1

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 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Cintas Corporate Services, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cintas Corporate Services, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47G (Household OR Table Equipment), 16.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47G
Ranked #10,287 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. against ChemImage Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.2/100 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.