Where does GFL S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GFL S.A. ranks #24,398 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 GFL S.A. hold?

GFL S.A. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is GFL S.A.'s Innovation Score?

GFL S.A. has an Innovation Score of 17.1 out of 100 (4th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GFL S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GFL S.A.'s recent grant velocity is +167% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for GFL S.A.'s patents?

GFL S.A.'s patents average 2.6 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 GFL S.A. 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 Foreign Corporation

GFL S.A.

Q: What technology areas does GFL S.A. focus on?

GFL S.A.'s top technology area is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages) with 2 patents, ranking #1,501 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GFL ranks #24,398 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 2 technology areas.

#24,398
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 4th percentile
by Innovation Score (17.1/100): 2.6
avg claims per patent: +167%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24398 · Foreign Corporation #24,398 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,398/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gemu Gebr Mueller…
CPC-NARROW B65D · 2 areas
INNOV-LOW 17.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +167% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gemu Gebr. Mueller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. Kommanditsgesellschaft (±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 GFL’s 17.1 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 (50%) Velocity 1.9 pts (11%) Breadth 5.0 pts (29%) Claim depth 1.6 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GFL · this assignee

17
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GFL's Innovation Score is 17.1/100 (4th 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 GFL?

Each dot is one of GFL’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). GFL’s own 2.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where GFL's grants concentrate

GFL S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 18.2% of grants classified under B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, GFL sits between Gemu Gebr. Mueller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. Kommanditsgesellschaft and Gongwin Biopharm Co., Ltd.

GFL's three-year grant acceleration

GFL S.A. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Gemu Gebr Mueller…

11
Gentos

11
GET Fabric

11
Gfbiochemicals

11
Giftcodes COM

11
Global Health Sol…

11
GO NET Systems

11
Gongwin Biopharm

11
GFL ◀

11

What this shows GFL holds 11 patents at rank #24,380, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GFL

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,380 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials)

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

GFL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

17 4th percentile higher than 4% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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GFL S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	18.2%
2019	1	9.1%
2020	4	36.4%
2021	2	18.2%
2024	2	18.2%

Which technologies does GFL S.A. patent most?

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 1

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

GFL S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GFL S.A.'s lead technology class is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F), 18.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #24,398 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GFL S.A. against Gemu Gebr. Mueller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. Kommanditsgesellschaft, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 17.1/100 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.

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

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