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Global Industrial Distribution Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: B62B (HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Global ranks #10,627 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 9 technology areas.

#10,627
of 50,000 US assignees by volume
Top 22%
by Innovation Score (45.7/100)
5.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10627 · US Corporation #10,627 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

  • GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
  • UPPER-Q #10,627/50,000
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fugro
  • CPC-NARROW B62B · 9 areas
  • INNOV-PAR 45.7/100
  • CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.6 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
  • BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fugro N.v. (±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.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Global

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Global Industrial Distribution Inc. stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-SPARSE, TYPE-USCORP, SPAN-YRS, BOOK-RICH. Volume places it #10,627 of 50,000; Innovation Score 45.7/100 sits in the top 22% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Fugro N.v. (±0 grants).

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Portfolio overview

Global Industrial Distribution Inc. has been granted 29 US utility patents between 2020 and 2025, placing Global Industrial Distribution Inc. at #10,627 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 9 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 5.6 claims per patent with primary concentration in B62B (HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES). As a US Corporation, Global Industrial Distribution Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Global sits between Fugro N.v. (29 patents, rank #10,620) and GSI Helmholtzzentrum Fuer Schwerionenforschung Gmbh (29 patents, rank #10,628) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 45.7/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Historical data spans 2020 through 2025, with 29 total grants over that period. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Global Industrial Distribution Inc.'s 5.6 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 9 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

Who files at Global's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Global holds 29 patents at rank #10,624, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Global

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,624 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Global, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. 46 Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems Corp. 46 DAS Co., Ltd. 46 CT Energy Ltd. 46

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 50,000 US assignees

0–10: 687 US assignees (1%). Below this entry. 10–20: 2,527 US assignees (5%). Below this entry. 20–30: 13,162 US assignees (26%). Below this entry. 30–40: 15,294 US assignees (31%). Below this entry. 40–50: 11,491 US assignees (23%). This entry sits in this band. 50–60: 5,058 US assignees (10%). Above this entry. 60–70: 1,537 US assignees (3%). Above this entry. 70–80: 234 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 80–90: 10 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 90–100: 0 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Global Industrial Distribution Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2020 5 17.2%
2021 1 3.4%
2022 6 20.7%
2023 9 31.0%
2024 5 17.2%
2025partial year 3 10.3%

Which technologies does Global Industrial Distribution Inc. patent most?

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#10,627

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

45.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?
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

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.