Where does Cotton Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cotton Incorporated ranks #34,869 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 Cotton Incorporated hold?

Cotton Incorporated holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Cotton Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Cotton Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 36.7 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Cotton Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cotton Incorporated's recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Cotton Incorporated's patents?

Cotton Incorporated's patents average 22.3 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 Cotton Incorporated 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

Cotton Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does Cotton Incorporated focus on?

Cotton Incorporated's top technology area is D06M (Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials) with 3 patents, ranking #68 of 332 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 11 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: D06M (Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cotton ranks #34,869 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 11 technology areas.

#34,869
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.7/100): 22.3
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34869 · US Corporation #34,869 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,869/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cork Institute of…
CPC-FOCUS D06M · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cork Institute of Technology (±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 Cotton’s 36.7 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 7.2 pts (20%) Velocity 4.4 pts (12%) Breadth 11.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 13.4 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cotton Incorporated · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cotton's Innovation Score is 36.7/100 (top 46% 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 Cotton?

Each dot is one of Cotton’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). Cotton’s own 22.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cotton's grants concentrate

Cotton Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under D06M (Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Cotton sits between Cork Institute of Technology and Crane ChemPharma & Energy Corp..

Cotton's three-year grant acceleration

Cotton Incorporated shows 2 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.

Cork Institute of…

7
Cormove

7
Corsam

7
Cosma Engineering…

7
Covagen

7
Covis Pharma

7
Craftmade Interna…

7
Crane Chempharma…

7
Cotton Incorporat… ◀

7

What this shows Cotton holds 7 patents at rank #34,894, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cotton

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,894 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D06M (Treatment)

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

Cotton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% 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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Cotton Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	14.3%
2020	3	42.9%
2022	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Cotton Incorporated patent most?

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 3

D06P - Dyeing OR Printing TEXTILES; Dyeing Leather, Furs OR Solid Macromolecular Substances IN ANY Form 2

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

D21D - Treatment OF THE Materials Before Passing TO THE Paper-making Machine 1

D21B - Fibrous RAW Materials OR Their Mechanical Treatment 1

D21C - Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor 1

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B02B - Preparing Grain FOR MILLING; Refining Granular Fruit TO Commercial Products BY Working THE Surface 1

D01B - Mechanical Treatment OF Natural Fibrous OR Filamentary Material TO Obtain Fibres OF Filaments, e.g. FOR Spinning 1

D06B - Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases OR Vapours 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Cotton Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cotton Incorporated's lead technology class is D06M (Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D06M
Ranked #34,869 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cotton Incorporated against Cork Institute of Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.7/100 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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