Where does Gilbarco Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gilbarco Inc. ranks #5,843 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 Gilbarco Inc. hold?

Gilbarco Inc. holds 58 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Gilbarco Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Gilbarco Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.6 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Gilbarco Inc. focus on?

Gilbarco Inc.'s top technology area is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 28 patents, ranking #11 of 469 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

Is Gilbarco Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gilbarco Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -39% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Gilbarco Inc.'s patents?

Gilbarco Inc.'s patents average 14.8 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 Gilbarco 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

Gilbarco Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 58 granted patents across 30 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: B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gilbarco ranks #5,843 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 58 patents across 30 technology areas.

#5,843
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.6/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: -39%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5843 · US Corporation #5,843 · 58 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 58 grants
UPPER-Q #5,843/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Genetec
CPC-FOCUS B67D · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -39% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Genetec 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 Gilbarco’s 47.6 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 14.1 pts (30%) Velocity 5.2 pts (11%) Breadth 19.4 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sony Interactive… · near

48
West Pharmaceutical… · near

48
Elasticsearch B V · near

48
Gilbarco · this assignee

48
Pneuma Respiratory · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gilbarco's Innovation Score is 47.6/100 (top 18% 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 Gilbarco?

Each dot is one of Gilbarco’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). Gilbarco’s own 14.8 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.

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

Where Gilbarco's grants concentrate

Gilbarco Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 48.3% of grants classified under B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, Gilbarco sits between Genetec Inc. and Intellijoint Surgical Inc..

Gilbarco's three-year grant acceleration

Gilbarco Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Genetec

58
Giant Manufacturi…

58
Grass Valley Cana…

58
Genia

58
Horizon Hobby

58
Institute for Can…

58
Institute of Chem…

58
Intellijoint Surg…

58
Gilbarco ◀

58

What this shows Gilbarco holds 58 patents at rank #5,844, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gilbarco

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,844 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B67D (Dispensing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Gilbarco, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B67D (Dispensing), Gilbarco ranks #11 of 469 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Elasticsearch B.V. 48 Pneuma Respiratory, Inc. 48 Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited 48 West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.8 here).

Schuler Pressen GMBH 14.8 avg Varonis Systems, Inc. 14.8 avg StoreDot, Ltd. 14.8 avg Beijing West Industries Co., Ltd. 14.8 avg

Gilbarco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% 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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Gilbarco Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	12.1%
2016	11	19.0%
2017	3	5.2%
2018	12	20.7%
2019	3	5.2%
2020	6	10.3%
2021	5	8.6%
2022	6	10.3%
2023	3	5.2%
2024	2	3.4%

Which technologies does Gilbarco Inc. patent most?

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 28

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 23

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 17

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 13

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 10

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

H04B - Transmission 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 2

Top 15 of 30 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

Gilbarco Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gilbarco Inc.'s lead technology class is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 48.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B67D
Ranked #5,843 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gilbarco Inc. against Genetec Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.6/100 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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