Where does Credence Engineering, Inc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Credence Engineering, Inc ranks #39,660 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 Credence Engineering, Inc hold?

Credence Engineering, Inc holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Credence Engineering, Inc's Innovation Score?

Credence Engineering, Inc has an Innovation Score of 41.2 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Credence Engineering, Inc focus on?

Credence Engineering, Inc's top technology area is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking) with 4 patents, ranking #341 of 1,343 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Credence Engineering, Inc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Credence Engineering, Inc.

What does claim depth mean for Credence Engineering, Inc's patents?

Credence Engineering, Inc's patents average 11.0 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 Credence Engineering, 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

Credence Engineering, Inc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Credence ranks #39,660 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#39,660
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.2/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39660 · US Corporation #39,660 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #39,660/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Create
CPC-NARROW B65B · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Create Technologies, 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 Credence’s 41.2 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 6.7 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (49%) Breadth 7.9 pts (19%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Credence Engineering · this assignee

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What this shows Credence's Innovation Score is 41.2/100 (top 34% 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 Credence?

Each dot is one of Credence’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). Credence’s own 11.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Credence's grants concentrate

Credence Engineering, Inc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Credence sits between Create Technologies, Inc. and Crown Sterling Limited, LLC.

Credence's three-year grant acceleration

Credence Engineering, Inc shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

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What this shows Credence holds 6 patents at rank #39,689, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Credence

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,689 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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

Credence's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Credence Engineering, Inc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%
2024	4	66.7%

Which technologies does Credence Engineering, Inc patent most?

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 4

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 3

A24C - Machines FOR Making Cigars OR Cigarettes 2

A24D - CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces 2

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Credence Engineering, Inc's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Credence Engineering, Inc's lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
Ranked #39,660 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Credence Engineering, Inc against Create Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.2/100 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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