Where does Graco Minnesota Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Graco Minnesota Inc. ranks #875 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 Graco Minnesota Inc. hold?

Graco Minnesota Inc. holds 517 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 111 technology areas.

What is Graco Minnesota Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Graco Minnesota Inc. has an Innovation Score of 60.6 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Graco Minnesota Inc. focus on?

Graco Minnesota Inc.'s top technology area is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles) with 205 patents, ranking #1 of 1,384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 111 CPC subclasses total.

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

Graco Minnesota Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +39% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Graco Minnesota Inc.'s patents average 13.6 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 Graco Minnesota 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

Graco Minnesota Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 517 granted patents across 111 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Graco ranks #875 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 517 patents across 111 technology areas.

#875
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.6/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: +39%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R875 · US Corporation #875 · 517 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 517 grants
TOP-DECILE #875/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Daicel
CPC-WIDE B05B · 111 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +39% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Daicel 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 Graco’s 60.6 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 21.6 pts (36%) Velocity 5.9 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Graco Minnesota · this assignee

61
William Marsh Rice… · near

61
Yazaki · near

61
Global Tel*Link · near

61
Max · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Graco's Innovation Score is 60.6/100 (top 3% 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 Graco?

Each dot is one of Graco’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). Graco’s own 13.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Graco's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Graco Minnesota Inc. received 269 grants versus 193 in 2015–2019 (+39% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 60 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 28. Lead class B05B accounts for 39.7% of the portfolio across 111 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Open Text SA ULC (#871) and Graphic Packaging International, LLC (#879).

Graco's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Graco Minnesota Inc. moved from 171 to 151 grants (0.88x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,541. See the growth leaderboard.

Open Text ULC

518
Pepsico

518
Tesla

518
Daicel

517
The Florida Inter…

517
Xi'an Zhongxing N…

517
Graco Minnesota ◀

517
Dish Network L L C

516
Graphic Packaging…

516

What this shows Graco holds 517 patents at rank #875, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Graco

By rank, the assignees closest to #875 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05B (Spraying Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Graco, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B05B (Spraying Apparatus), Graco ranks #1 of 1,384 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

William Marsh Rice University 61 Yazaki Corporation 61 Global Tel*Link Corporation 61 Max Co., Ltd. 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.6 here).

Givaudan SA 13.6 avg MegaChips Corporation 13.6 avg Aker Solutions AS 13.6 avg CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd. 13.6 avg

Graco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Graco Minnesota Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	36	7.0%
2016	28	5.4%
2017	48	9.3%
2018	28	5.4%
2019	53	10.3%
2020	60	11.6%
2021	58	11.2%
2022	55	10.6%
2023	44	8.5%
2024	52	10.1%
2025partial year	55	10.6%

Which technologies does Graco Minnesota Inc. patent most?

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 205

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 186

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 40

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 38

F16N - Lubricating 30

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 26

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 25

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 24

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 23

H04Q - Selecting 22

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 20

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 17

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 16

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 15

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 15

Top 15 of 111 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

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

Graco Minnesota Inc.'s lead technology class is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles), 39.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05B
Ranked #875 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Graco Minnesota Inc. against Open Text SA ULC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.6/100 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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