Where does Graphtec Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Graphtec Corporation ranks #12,458 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 Graphtec Corporation hold?

Graphtec Corporation holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Graphtec Corporation's Innovation Score?

Graphtec Corporation has an Innovation Score of 30.8 out of 100 (36th 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 Graphtec Corporation focus on?

Graphtec Corporation's top technology area is B26F (PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting) with 5 patents, ranking #25 of 252 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Graphtec Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Graphtec Corporation's recent grant velocity is -59% 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 Graphtec Corporation's patents?

Graphtec Corporation's patents average 2.9 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 Graphtec Corporation 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

Graphtec Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: B26F (PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Graphtec ranks #12,458 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 12 technology areas.

#12,458
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.8/100): 2.9
avg claims per patent: -59%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12458 · Foreign Corporation #12,458 · 24 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
UPPER-Q #12,458/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gardner Denver…
CPC-FOCUS B26F · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -59% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gardner Denver Deutschland, GmbH (±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 Graphtec’s 30.8 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 11.1 pts (36%) Velocity 5.7 pts (19%) Breadth 12.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 1.8 pts (6%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Big Switch Networks · near

31
Graphtec · this assignee

31
Litron Laboratories · near

31
Storart Technology · near

31
General Plastic… · near

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Graphtec's Innovation Score is 30.8/100 (36th 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 Graphtec?

Each dot is one of Graphtec’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). Graphtec’s own 2.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Graphtec's grants concentrate

Graphtec Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 20.8% of grants classified under B26F (PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Graphtec sits between Gottlieb Binder GMBH & Co. KG and Gustav Magenwirth GmbH & Co..

Graphtec's three-year grant acceleration

Graphtec Corporation shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Gottlieb Binder &…

24
Griffith Universi…

24
Gardner Denver De…

24
Global Allies

24
Greatcall

24
Gridpoint

24
Guangzhou On-brig…

24
Gustav Magenwirth…

24
Graphtec ◀

24

What this shows Graphtec holds 24 patents at rank #12,460, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Graphtec

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,460 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B26F (Perforating)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Graphtec, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B26F (Perforating), Graphtec ranks #25 of 252 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

Storart Technology Co., Ltd. 31 Big Switch Networks LLC 31 Litron Laboratories, Ltd. 31 General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd. 31

Graphtec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Graphtec Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	8.3%
2017	7	29.2%
2018	2	8.3%
2019	6	25.0%
2020	1	4.2%
2022	3	12.5%
2023	2	8.3%
2024	1	4.2%

Which technologies does Graphtec Corporation patent most?

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 5

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 5

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

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

B31F - Mechanical Working OR Deformation OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 1

B44B - Machines, Apparatus OR Tools FOR Artistic Work, e.g. FOR Sculpturing, Guilloching, Carving, Branding, Inlaying 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

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 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 1

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

Graphtec Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Graphtec Corporation's lead technology class is B26F (PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting), 20.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B26F
Ranked #12,458 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Graphtec Corporation against Gottlieb Binder GMBH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.8/100 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.