Where does Crank Brothers, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Crank Brothers, Inc. ranks #17,579 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 Crank Brothers, Inc. hold?

Crank Brothers, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Crank Brothers, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Crank Brothers, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.4 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Crank Brothers, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Crank Brothers, Inc.'s patents?

Crank Brothers, Inc.'s patents average 14.9 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 Crank Brothers, 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

Crank Brothers, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Crank Brothers, Inc. focus on?

Crank Brothers, Inc.'s top technology area is B25F (Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 4 patents, ranking #54 of 229 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 13 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: B25F (Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Crank ranks #17,579 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 13 technology areas.

#17,579
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.4/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17579 · US Corporation #17,579 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,579/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Columbia Machine
CPC-FOCUS B25F · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Columbia Machine, 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 Crank’s 33.4 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 9.8 pts (29%) Velocity 1.9 pts (6%) Breadth 12.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Crank Brothers · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Crank's Innovation Score is 33.4/100 (44th 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 Crank?

Each dot is one of Crank’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). Crank’s own 14.9 claims/patent is at or below the 17.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Crank's grants concentrate

Crank Brothers, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 25% of grants classified under B25F (Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Crank sits between Columbia Machine, Inc. and Cross Match Technologies, Inc..

Crank's three-year grant acceleration

Crank Brothers, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Columbia Machine

16
Compass Pathfinder

16
Comtech EF Data

16
Copeland Climate…

16
Crary Industries

16
Creative Law Enfo…

16
Cristcot

16
Cross Match

16
Crank Brothers ◀

16

What this shows Crank holds 16 patents at rank #17,580, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Crank

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,580 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25F (Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools)

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

Crank's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% 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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Crank Brothers, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	12.5%
2016	2	12.5%
2017	2	12.5%
2019	3	18.8%
2020	3	18.8%
2021	1	6.3%
2023	1	6.3%
2024	1	6.3%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Crank Brothers, Inc. patent most?

B25F - Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 4

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 3

B25G - Handles FOR Hand Implements 3

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

B62M - Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles 3

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 2

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 2

A43C - Fastenings OR Attachments OF FOOTWEAR; Laces IN General 1

B62L - Brakes Specially Adapted FOR Cycles 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

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USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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Crank Brothers, Inc.'s lead technology class is B25F (Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 25% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25F
Ranked #17,579 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Crank Brothers, Inc. against Columbia Machine, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.4/100 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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