Where does Cleland Sales Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cleland Sales Corporation ranks #20,938 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 Cleland Sales Corporation hold?

Cleland Sales Corporation holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Cleland Sales Corporation's Innovation Score?

Cleland Sales Corporation has an Innovation Score of 43.7 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cleland Sales Corporation focus on?

Cleland Sales Corporation's top technology area is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 11 patents, ranking #45 of 469 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cleland Sales Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cleland Sales Corporation's recent grant velocity is +17% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Cleland Sales Corporation's patents?

Cleland Sales Corporation's patents average 13.2 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 Cleland Sales Corporation 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

Cleland Sales Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cleland ranks #20,938 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 8 technology areas.

#20,938
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.7/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20938 · US Corporation #20,938 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,938/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Circuit Seed
CPC-NARROW B67D · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Circuit Seed, LLC (±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 Cleland’s 43.7 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 9.1 pts (21%) Velocity 16.7 pts (38%) Breadth 10.0 pts (23%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cleland Sales · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cleland's Innovation Score is 43.7/100 (top 27% 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 Cleland?

Each dot is one of Cleland’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). Cleland’s own 13.2 claims/patent is at or below the 13.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Cleland's grants concentrate

Cleland Sales Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 84.6% of grants classified under B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Cleland sits between Circuit Seed, LLC and CollectiveHealth, Inc..

Cleland's three-year grant acceleration

Cleland Sales Corporation shows 5 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.

Circuit Seed

13
Circuit Therapeut…

13
Cixi City Liyuan…

13
Clarity Medical S…

13
Cleveland Reclaim…

13
Cogito

13
Collplant

13
Collectivehealth

13
Cleland Sales ◀

13

What this shows Cleland holds 13 patents at rank #20,954, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cleland

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,954 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B67D (Dispensing)

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

Cleland's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Cleland Sales Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	23.1%
2017	1	7.7%
2018	2	15.4%
2020	1	7.7%
2021	1	7.7%
2022	1	7.7%
2023	2	15.4%
2024	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Cleland Sales Corporation patent most?

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 5

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

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 1

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 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

Cleland Sales Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cleland Sales Corporation's lead technology class is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 84.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B67D
Ranked #20,938 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cleland Sales Corporation against Circuit Seed, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.7/100 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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