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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gardner Manufacturing Co., Inc. ranks #28,831 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 Manufacturing Co., Inc. hold?

Gardner Manufacturing Co., Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Gardner Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Gardner Manufacturing Co., Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.9 out of 100 (22nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Gardner Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% 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 Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s patents?

Gardner Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s patents average 12.7 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 Manufacturing Co., 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 Manufacturing Co., Inc.

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

Gardner Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s top technology area is A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants) with 8 patents, ranking #35 of 292 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gardner ranks #28,831 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 6 technology areas.

#28,831
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (26.9/100): 12.7
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28831 · US Corporation #28,831 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,831/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gainspeed
CPC-NARROW A01M · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gainspeed, 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 Gardner’s 26.9 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 8.0 pts (30%) Velocity 2.7 pts (10%) Breadth 8.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gardner Manufacturing · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gardner's Innovation Score is 26.9/100 (22nd 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 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 12.7 claims/patent is at or below the 13.8 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 Manufacturing Co., Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Gardner sits between Gainspeed, Inc. and Geckobrands, LLC.

Gardner's three-year grant acceleration

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

Gainspeed

9
Galvani

9
Gamber-johnson

9
Gamechange Solar

9
Gartech

9
Gaseous Fuel Syst…

9
Gatekeeper

9
Geckobrands

9
Gardner Manufactu… ◀

9

What this shows Gardner holds 9 patents at rank #28,864, 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 #28,864 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01M (Catching)

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)

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Gardner Manufacturing Co., Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	22.2%
2019	1	11.1%
2020	1	11.1%
2021	3	33.3%
2022	1	11.1%
2024	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Gardner Manufacturing Co., Inc. patent most?

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 8

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 4

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

Top 6 of 6 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 Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gardner Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s lead technology class is A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01M
Ranked #28,831 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gardner Manufacturing Co., Inc. against Gainspeed, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.9/100 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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