Where does Cleaning Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cleaning Systems, Inc. ranks #24,107 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 Cleaning Systems, Inc. hold?

Cleaning Systems, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Cleaning Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Cleaning Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.7 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Cleaning Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -62% 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 Cleaning Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Cleaning Systems, Inc.'s patents average 21.6 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 Cleaning Systems, 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

Cleaning Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Cleaning Systems, Inc. focus on?

Cleaning Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is B60S (Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 7 patents, ranking #48 of 319 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: B60S (Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cleaning ranks #24,107 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 8 technology areas.

#24,107
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.7/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24107 · US Corporation #24,107 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,107/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cibiem
CPC-NARROW B60S · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cibiem, 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 Cleaning’s 33.7 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 8.6 pts (26%) Velocity 2.2 pts (7%) Breadth 10.0 pts (30%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cleaning Systems · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cleaning's Innovation Score is 33.7/100 (45th 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 Cleaning?

Each dot is one of Cleaning’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). Cleaning’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cleaning's grants concentrate

Cleaning Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 63.6% of grants classified under B60S (Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Cleaning sits between Cibiem, Inc. and Click Holdings, LLC.

Cleaning's three-year grant acceleration

Cleaning Systems, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Cibiem

11
Circassia

11
Cirrus Design

11
Civilized Cycles…

11
Clearwater Holdin…

11
Clever Devices

11
Click Diagnostics

11
Click Holdings

11
Cleaning Systems ◀

11

What this shows Cleaning holds 11 patents at rank #24,138, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cleaning

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,138 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60S (Servicing)

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

Cleaning's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Cleaning Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	18.2%
2017	2	18.2%
2018	3	27.3%
2019	1	9.1%
2020	2	18.2%
2023	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Cleaning Systems, Inc. patent most?

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 4

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 4

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

Cleaning Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is B60S (Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60S
Ranked #24,107 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cleaning Systems, Inc. against Cibiem, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.7/100 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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