Where does Garland Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Garland Industries, Inc. ranks #7,846 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 Garland Industries, Inc. hold?

Garland Industries, Inc. holds 41 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Garland Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Garland Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.3 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Garland Industries, Inc. focus on?

Garland Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is E04D (Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools) with 12 patents, ranking #23 of 243 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

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

Garland Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Garland Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Garland Industries, Inc.'s patents average 16.2 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 Garland Industries, 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

Garland Industries, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 41 granted patents across 22 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: E04D (Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Garland ranks #7,846 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 22 technology areas.

#7,846
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.3/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7846 · US Corporation #7,846 · 41 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 41 grants
UPPER-Q #7,846/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Game Play Network
CPC-FOCUS E04D · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Game Play Network, 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 Garland’s 44.3 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 12.9 pts (29%) Velocity 5.1 pts (12%) Breadth 16.6 pts (37%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Catalina Marketing · near

44
Computational Systems · near

44
Correlated Magnetics… · near

44
Garland Industries · this assignee

44
Heathco · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Garland's Innovation Score is 44.3/100 (top 26% 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 Garland?

Each dot is one of Garland’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). Garland’s own 16.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Garland's grants concentrate

Garland Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 29.3% of grants classified under E04D (Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Garland sits between GEM Co., Ltd. and Hefei BOE Display Lighting Co., Ltd..

Garland's three-year grant acceleration

Garland Industries, Inc. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

GEM

41
General Plastic I…

41
Gurulogic Microsy…

41
Game Play Network

41
Gemvax & Kael

41
Halo Internationa…

41
Hamilton Sundstra…

41
Hefei BOE Display…

41
Garland Industries ◀

41

What this shows Garland holds 41 patents at rank #7,851, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Garland

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,851 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04D (Roof Coverings)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Garland, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E04D (Roof Coverings), Garland ranks #23 of 243 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Catalina Marketing Corporation 44 Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC 44 Computational Systems, Inc. 44 Heathco LLC 44

Garland's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% 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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Garland Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	7.3%
2016	3	7.3%
2017	3	7.3%
2018	6	14.6%
2019	4	9.8%
2020	2	4.9%
2021	7	17.1%
2022	4	9.8%
2023	4	9.8%
2024	2	4.9%
2025partial year	3	7.3%

Which technologies does Garland Industries, Inc. patent most?

E04D - Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools 12

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 9

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 6

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 4

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 2

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 2

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

Top 15 of 22 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

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

Garland Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is E04D (Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools), 29.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04D
Ranked #7,846 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Garland Industries, Inc. against GEM Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.