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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cirkul, Inc. ranks #7,828 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 Cirkul, Inc. hold?

Cirkul, Inc. holds 41 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Cirkul, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Cirkul, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 54.6 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cirkul, Inc. focus on?

Cirkul, Inc.'s top technology area is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages) with 22 patents, ranking #49 of 793 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

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

Cirkul, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +575% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Cirkul, Inc.'s patents average 13.4 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 Cirkul, 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

Cirkul, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 41 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cirkul ranks #7,828 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 15 technology areas.

#7,828
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.6/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: +575%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7828 · US Corporation #7,828 · 41 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 41 grants
UPPER-Q #7,828/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Canon Virginia
CPC-FOCUS A47J · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +575% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Canon Virginia, 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 Cirkul’s 54.6 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 12.9 pts (24%) Velocity 20.0 pts (37%) Breadth 13.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
University OF Guelph · near

55
Beijing Volcano… · near

55
Cirkul · this assignee

55
Epcos · near

55
Savant Systems · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cirkul's Innovation Score is 54.6/100 (top 8% 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 Cirkul?

Each dot is one of Cirkul’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). Cirkul’s own 13.4 claims/patent is at or below the 14.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Cirkul's grants concentrate

Cirkul, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 53.7% of grants classified under A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (18 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Cirkul sits between Clear LAM Packaging, Inc. and ConcealFab, Inc..

Cirkul's three-year grant acceleration

Cirkul, Inc. shows 25 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.

Clear LAM Packagi…

41
Canon Virginia

41
Capstone Plants

41
Cathworks

41
Cirrus Logic Inte…

41
Cirtec Medical

41
Coherex Medical

41
Concealfab

41
Cirkul ◀

41

What this shows Cirkul holds 41 patents at rank #7,829, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cirkul

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,829 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47J (Kitchen Equipment)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Cirkul, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47J (Kitchen Equipment), Cirkul ranks #49 of 793 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. 55 Savant Systems, Inc. 55 Epcos AG 55 University OF Guelph 55

Cirkul's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Cirkul, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	7.3%
2017	1	2.4%
2021	2	4.9%
2022	5	12.2%
2023	2	4.9%
2024	18	43.9%
2025partial year	10	24.4%

Which technologies does Cirkul, Inc. patent most?

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 22

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 17

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 15

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 4

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 3

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 3

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 2

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 2

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

H04Q - Selecting 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

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

Top 15 of 15 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

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

Cirkul, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages), 53.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47J
Ranked #7,828 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cirkul, Inc. against Clear LAM Packaging, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.6/100 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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