Where does Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. ranks #4,035 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 Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. hold?

Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. holds 89 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.4 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. focus on?

Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.'s top technology area is A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories) with 8 patents, ranking #59 of 582 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -76% 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 Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.'s patents?

Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.'s patents average 3.4 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 Columbia Sportswear North America, 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

Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 89 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Columbia ranks #4,035 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 89 patents across 16 technology areas.

#4,035
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.4/100): 3.4
avg claims per patent: -76%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4035 · US Corporation #4,035 · 89 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 89 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,035/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Birkenstock IP
CPC-FOCUS A41D · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -76% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Birkenstock IP GmbH (±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 Columbia’s 48.4 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 15.5 pts (32%) Velocity 16.7 pts (35%) Breadth 14.1 pts (29%) Claim depth 2.0 pts (4%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Axcelis · near

48
Columbia Sportswear… · this assignee

48
Intra-cellular… · near

48
Molecular Devices · near

48
The Stanley Works… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Columbia's Innovation Score is 48.4/100 (top 17% 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 Columbia?

Each dot is one of Columbia’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). Columbia’s own 3.4 claims/patent is at or below the 11.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Columbia's grants concentrate

Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 9% of grants classified under A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (22 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Columbia sits between Birkenstock IP GmbH and Diodes Incorporated.

Columbia's three-year grant acceleration

Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Birkenstock IP

89
Bushnell

89
Carbo Ceramics

89
Collins Engine No…

89
Duelight

89
Deroyal Industries

89
Dentsply Internat…

89
Diodes Incorporat…

89
Columbia Sportswe… ◀

89

What this shows Columbia holds 89 patents at rank #4,035, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Columbia

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,035 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A41D (Outerwear)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Columbia, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A41D (Outerwear), Columbia ranks #59 of 582 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. 48 The Stanley Works Israel Ltd. 48 Molecular Devices, LLC 48 Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (3.4 here).

Thermos L.L.C. 3.4 avg Shenzhen Lanhe Technologies Co., Ltd. 3.4 avg Qizhi Software (BEIJING) Company Limited 3.4 avg Natura COSMÉTICOS S.A. 3.4 avg

Columbia's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	20	22.5%
2016	22	24.7%
2017	17	19.1%
2018	7	7.9%
2019	4	4.5%
2020	2	2.2%
2022	3	3.4%
2023	4	4.5%
2024	8	9.0%
2025partial year	2	2.2%

Which technologies does Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. patent most?

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 5

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 3

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 3

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 2

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 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

D06Q - Decorating Textiles 1

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.'s lead technology class is A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories), 9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A41D
Ranked #4,035 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. against Birkenstock IP GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.4/100 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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