Where does Gear Head Works, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gear Head Works, LLC ranks #35,455 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 Gear Head Works, LLC hold?

Gear Head Works, LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Gear Head Works, LLC's Innovation Score?

Gear Head Works, LLC has an Innovation Score of 21.3 out of 100 (8th 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 Gear Head Works, LLC focus on?

Gear Head Works, LLC's top technology area is F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor) with 5 patents, ranking #60 of 225 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Gear Head Works, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gear Head Works, LLC'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 Gear Head Works, LLC's patents?

Gear Head Works, LLC's patents average 13.0 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 Gear Head Works, LLC 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

Gear Head Works, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gear ranks #35,455 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 2 technology areas.

#35,455
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.3/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35455 · US Corporation #35,455 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,455/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Garlock Pipeline
CPC-NARROW F41C · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Garlock Pipeline Technologies, 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 Gear’s 21.3 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 7.2 pts (34%) Velocity 1.3 pts (6%) Breadth 5.0 pts (23%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gear Head Works · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gear's Innovation Score is 21.3/100 (8th 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 Gear?

Each dot is one of Gear’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). Gear’s own 13.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Gear's grants concentrate

Gear Head Works, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Gear sits between Garlock Pipeline Technologies, Inc. and Geissler Companies, LLC.

Gear's three-year grant acceleration

Gear Head Works, LLC shows 1 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.

Garlock Pipeline

7
Garrett

7
Gato Assets

7
Gazelle Semicondu…

7
Gebrüder Busatis…

7
Geek Wraps

7
Geenee

7
Geissler Companies

7
Gear Head Works ◀

7

What this shows Gear holds 7 patents at rank #35,515, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gear

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,515 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41C (Smallarms)

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

Gear's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Gear Head Works, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	3	42.9%
2020	2	28.6%
2023	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Gear Head Works, LLC patent most?

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 5

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 5

Top 2 of 2 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

Gear Head Works, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gear Head Works, LLC's lead technology class is F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41C
Ranked #35,455 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gear Head Works, LLC against Garlock Pipeline Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.3/100 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.