Where does Gima S.p.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gima S.p.A. ranks #10,937 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 Gima S.p.A. hold?

Gima S.p.A. holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Gima S.p.A.'s Innovation Score?

Gima S.p.A. has an Innovation Score of 33.2 out of 100 (44th 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 Gima S.p.A. focus on?

Gima S.p.A.'s top technology area is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking) with 27 patents, ranking #37 of 1,343 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

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

Gima S.p.A.'s recent grant velocity is -73% 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 Gima S.p.A.'s patents?

Gima S.p.A.'s patents average 14.9 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 Gima S.p.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

Gima S.p.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gima ranks #10,937 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 12 technology areas.

#10,937
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.2/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: -73%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10937 · Foreign Corporation #10,937 · 28 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #10,937/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Freezio
CPC-FOCUS B65B · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -73% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Freezio AG (±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 Gima’s 33.2 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 11.6 pts (35%) Velocity 0.4 pts (1%) Breadth 12.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Deca · near

33
Gima S p A · this assignee

33
Hydra Biosciences · near

33
Lexion Medical · near

33
Tri State Distribution · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gima's Innovation Score is 33.2/100 (44th 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 Gima?

Each dot is one of Gima’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). Gima’s own 14.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Gima's grants concentrate

Gima S.p.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 96.4% of grants classified under B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Gima sits between Freezio AG and Gabriella White, LLC.

Gima's three-year grant acceleration

Gima S.p.A. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Freezio

28
Fresh Idea Global

28
Fullstory

28
Fushun Research I…

28
GS Caltex

28
GTC Technology US

28
Guangzhou Chinara…

28
Gabriella White

28
Gima S p A ◀

28

What this shows Gima holds 28 patents at rank #10,935, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gima

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,935 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Gima, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65B (Machines), Gima ranks #37 of 1,343 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Tri State Distribution, Inc. 33 Lexion Medical, LLC 33 Hydra Biosciences, LLC 33 Deca Technologies Inc. 33

Gima's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Gima S.p.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	3.6%
2017	5	17.9%
2018	5	17.9%
2019	11	39.3%
2020	4	14.3%
2021	1	3.6%
2023	1	3.6%

Which technologies does Gima S.p.A. patent most?

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 27

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 11

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 6

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 4

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

G01G - Weighing 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

B31D - Making Articles OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper, NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses B31b OR B31c 1

Top 12 of 12 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

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

Gima S.p.A.'s lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 96.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
Ranked #10,937 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gima S.p.A. against Freezio AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.2/100 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.