Where does CTB, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CTB, Inc. ranks #8,564 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 CTB, Inc. hold?

CTB, Inc. holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is CTB, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

CTB, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.0 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

CTB, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -28% 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 CTB, Inc.'s patents?

CTB, Inc.'s patents average 19.6 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 CTB, 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

CTB, Inc.

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

CTB, Inc.'s top technology area is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals) with 14 patents, ranking #62 of 1,035 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 27 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: A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, CTB ranks #8,564 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 27 technology areas.

#8,564
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (46.0/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: -28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8564 · US Corporation #8,564 · 37 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,564/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cannuflow
CPC-FOCUS A01K · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cannuflow, 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 CTB’s 46.0 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 12.6 pts (27%) Velocity 3.3 pts (7%) Breadth 18.4 pts (40%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ClearSign · near

46
CTB · this assignee

46
Hisense Broadband… · near

46
Standard Cognition · near

46
Weta Digital · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows CTB's Innovation Score is 46.0/100 (top 22% 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 CTB?

Each dot is one of CTB’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). CTB’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where CTB's grants concentrate

CTB, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 37.8% of grants classified under A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, CTB sits between Celona, Inc. and Charcoal Companion Limited.

CTB's three-year grant acceleration

CTB, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Celona

37
Clearstream

37
Confinement Telep…

37
CPG Interational

37
Cannuflow

37
Ceramatec

37
Changchun Institu…

37
Charcoal Companion

37
CTB ◀

37

What this shows CTB holds 37 patents at rank #8,555, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CTB

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,555 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01K (Animal Husbandry)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for CTB, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01K (Animal Husbandry), CTB ranks #62 of 1,035 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

ClearSign Technologies Corporation 46 Hisense Broadband Multimedia Technologies Co., Ltd. 46 Weta Digital Ltd. 46 Standard Cognition, Corp. 46

CTB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% 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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CTB, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	18.9%
2016	2	5.4%
2017	5	13.5%
2018	2	5.4%
2019	2	5.4%
2020	3	8.1%
2021	5	13.5%
2022	1	2.7%
2023	1	2.7%
2024	3	8.1%
2025partial year	6	16.2%

Which technologies does CTB, Inc. patent most?

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 14

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 7

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 4

A01F - Processing OF Harvested PRODUCE; HAY OR Straw PRESSES; Devices FOR Storing Agricultural OR Horticultural Produce 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 3

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

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 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 2

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 2

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 2

F16H - Gearing 2

Top 15 of 27 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

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

CTB, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals), 37.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01K
Ranked #8,564 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CTB, Inc. against Celona, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.0/100 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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