Where does Crown Equipment Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Crown Equipment Corporation ranks #1,312 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 Crown Equipment Corporation hold?

Crown Equipment Corporation holds 323 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 61 technology areas.

What is Crown Equipment Corporation's Innovation Score?

Crown Equipment Corporation has an Innovation Score of 64.0 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Crown Equipment Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Crown Equipment Corporation's recent grant velocity is +10% 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 Crown Equipment Corporation's patents?

Crown Equipment Corporation's patents average 18.9 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 Crown Equipment 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

Crown Equipment Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Crown Equipment Corporation focus on?

Crown Equipment Corporation's top technology area is B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load) with 188 patents, ranking #1 of 447 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 61 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 323 granted patents across 61 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: B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Crown ranks #1,312 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 323 patents across 61 technology areas.

#1,312
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.0/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: +10%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1312 · US Corporation #1,312 · 323 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 323 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,312/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Rosemount
CPC-WIDE B66F · 61 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +10% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rosemount 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 Crown’s 64.0 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 20.0 pts (31%) Velocity 7.7 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Furuno Electric · near

64
Sumitomo Pharma · near

64
Crown Equipment · this assignee

64
Luxshare Precision… · near

64
Cardiac Pacemakers · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Crown's Innovation Score is 64.0/100 (top 2% 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 Crown?

Each dot is one of Crown’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). Crown’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Crown's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Crown Equipment Corporation received 154 grants versus 140 in 2015–2019 (+10% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 42 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 22. Lead class B66F accounts for 58.2% of the portfolio across 61 subclasses. Volume neighbours: PFU Limited (#1,308) and Verisign, Inc. (#1,316).

Crown's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Crown Equipment Corporation moved from 84 to 97 grants (1.16x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #858. See the growth leaderboard.

PFU

324
The Hong Kong Uni…

324
UAB 360 IT

324
Virginia Tech Int…

324
Rosemount

323
Trimble

323
VIA

323
Verisign

323
Crown Equipment ◀

323

What this shows Crown holds 323 patents at rank #1,312, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Crown

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,312 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66F (Hoisting)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Crown, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B66F (Hoisting), Crown ranks #1 of 447 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Luxshare Precision Industry Company Limited 64 Furuno Electric Company Limited 64 Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. 64 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.9 here).

Beta AIR LLC 18.9 avg Wake Forest University Health Sciences 18.9 avg TE Connectivity Services GMBH 18.9 avg Ambarella, Inc. 18.9 avg

Crown's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% 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.

View data table

Crown Equipment Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	33	10.2%
2016	22	6.8%
2017	28	8.7%
2018	30	9.3%
2019	27	8.4%
2020	28	8.7%
2021	29	9.0%
2022	22	6.8%
2023	33	10.2%
2024	42	13.0%
2025partial year	29	9.0%

Which technologies does Crown Equipment Corporation patent most?

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 188

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 127

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 78

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 55

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 52

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 33

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 33

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 28

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 27

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 25

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 24

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 24

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 24

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 23

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 23

Top 15 of 61 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

Crown Equipment Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Crown Equipment Corporation's lead technology class is B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load), 58.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66F
Ranked #1,312 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Crown Equipment Corporation against PFU Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.0/100 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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