Where does Global Apparel Partners Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Global Apparel Partners Inc. ranks #35,510 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 Global Apparel Partners Inc. hold?

Global Apparel Partners Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Global Apparel Partners Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Global Apparel Partners Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.0 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Global Apparel Partners Inc. focus on?

Global Apparel Partners Inc.'s top technology area is D04B (Knitting) with 7 patents, ranking #26 of 192 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Global Apparel Partners Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Global Apparel Partners Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Global Apparel Partners Inc.'s patents?

Global Apparel Partners Inc.'s patents average 15.9 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 Global Apparel Partners 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

Global Apparel Partners Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: D04B (Knitting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Global ranks #35,510 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#35,510
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (46.0/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35510 · US Corporation #35,510 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,510/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gleason Metrology…
CPC-NARROW D04B · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gleason Metrology Systems Corporation (±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 Global’s 46.0 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 (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (43%) Breadth 9.4 pts (20%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Global Apparel… · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Global's Innovation Score is 46.0/100 (top 22% 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 Global?

Each dot is one of Global’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). Global’s own 15.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Global's grants concentrate

Global Apparel Partners Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under D04B (Knitting). By volume, Global sits between Gleason Metrology Systems Corporation and Global Power Technologies Group.

Global's three-year grant acceleration

Global Apparel Partners Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Gleason Metrology…

7
Glenn Lane Family…

7
Glico Nutrition

7
Globachem

7
Global Business S…

7
Global Inventions

7
Global Lighting

7
Global Power Group

7
Global Apparel Pa… ◀

7

What this shows Global holds 7 patents at rank #35,461, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Global

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,461 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D04B (Knitting)

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

Global's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Global Apparel Partners Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	1	14.3%
2023	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%
2025partial year	4	57.1%

Which technologies does Global Apparel Partners Inc. patent most?

D04B - Knitting 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 7

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 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

A41H - Appliances OR Methods FOR Making Clothes, e.g. FOR Dress-making OR FOR Tailoring, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Global Apparel Partners Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Global Apparel Partners Inc.'s lead technology class is D04B (Knitting), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D04B
Ranked #35,510 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Global Apparel Partners Inc. against Gleason Metrology Systems Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.0/100 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.