Where does GB II Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GB II Corporation ranks #9,774 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 GB II Corporation hold?

GB II Corporation holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is GB II Corporation's Innovation Score?

GB II Corporation has an Innovation Score of 32.7 out of 100 (42nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does GB II Corporation focus on?

GB II Corporation's top technology area is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 26 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is GB II Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GB II Corporation's recent grant velocity is +13% 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 GB II Corporation's patents?

GB II Corporation's patents average 15.8 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 GB II 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

GB II Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GB ranks #9,774 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 4 technology areas.

#9,774
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.7/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: +13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9774 · US Corporation #9,774 · 32 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,774/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH FireEye Security…
CPC-NARROW B26B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: FireEye Security Holdings US 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DePuy International · near

33
GB II · this assignee

33
Yokogawa Test &… · near

33
Zepto Life Technology · near

33
Estimote Polska Sp… · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GB's Innovation Score is 32.7/100 (42nd 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.

Where GB's grants concentrate

GB II Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 81.3% of grants classified under B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, GB sits between FireEye Security Holdings US LLC and Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A..

GB's three-year grant acceleration

GB II Corporation shows 8 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.

Fireeye Security…

32
Flowserve Pte

32
Fractus Antennas…

32
Fusion Optix

32
Grob-werke & KG

32
Gala Industies

32
Graftech Internat…

32
Gruppo Cimbali S…

32
GB II ◀

32

What this shows GB holds 32 patents at rank #9,773, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GB

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,773 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for GB, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

DePuy International Limited 33 Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corporation 33 Zepto Life Technology, Inc. 33 Estimote Polska Sp z o.o. 33

GB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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GB II Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	9.4%
2016	2	6.3%
2017	4	12.5%
2018	2	6.3%
2019	4	12.5%
2020	4	12.5%
2021	5	15.6%
2022	5	15.6%
2023	2	6.3%
2024	1	3.1%

Which technologies does GB II Corporation patent most?

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 26

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

F41B - Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B25G - Handles FOR Hand Implements 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#9,774

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

32.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

GB II Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GB II Corporation's lead technology class is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 81.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B26B
Ranked #9,774 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GB II Corporation against FireEye Security Holdings US LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.7/100 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.