Where does Gardner Denver, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gardner Denver, Inc. ranks #24,380 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 Gardner Denver, Inc. hold?

Gardner Denver, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Gardner Denver, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Gardner Denver, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.1 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Gardner Denver, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +133% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Gardner Denver, Inc.'s patents?

Gardner Denver, Inc.'s patents average 13.8 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 Gardner Denver, 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

Gardner Denver, Inc.

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

Gardner Denver, Inc.'s top technology area is F04C (Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps) with 4 patents, ranking #153 of 587 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F04C (Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gardner ranks #24,380 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 17 technology areas.

#24,380
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.1/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: +133%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24380 · US Corporation #24,380 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,380/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Galvion Soldier Power
CPC-FOCUS F04C · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +133% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Galvion Soldier Power, LLC (±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 Gardner’s 48.1 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 8.6 pts (18%) Velocity 16.7 pts (35%) Breadth 14.6 pts (30%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gardner Denver · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gardner's Innovation Score is 48.1/100 (top 17% 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 Gardner?

Each dot is one of Gardner’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). Gardner’s own 13.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Gardner's grants concentrate

Gardner Denver, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 36.4% of grants classified under F04C (Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Gardner sits between Gunwerks, LLC and GeneFrontier Corporation.

Gardner's three-year grant acceleration

Gardner Denver, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Gunwerks

11
GVD

11
Galvion Soldier P…

11
Gaocheng

11
Garwood Medical D…

11
Gelsight

11
Gene Pool

11
Genefrontier

11
Gardner Denver ◀

11

What this shows Gardner holds 11 patents at rank #24,403, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gardner

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,403 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04C (Rotary-piston)

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

Gardner's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Gardner Denver, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	9.1%
2017	2	18.2%
2020	1	9.1%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	1	9.1%
2023	4	36.4%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Gardner Denver, Inc. patent most?

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 4

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 2

F01C - Rotary-piston OR Oscillating-piston Machines OR Engines 2

F05C - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Materials, Material Properties OR Material Characteristics FOR Machines, Engines OR Pumps Other Than Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines 2

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

F01M - Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 1

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 1

Top 15 of 17 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

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

Gardner Denver, Inc.'s lead technology class is F04C (Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps), 36.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04C
Ranked #24,380 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gardner Denver, Inc. against Gunwerks, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.1/100 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.

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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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