USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Greenlee Tools, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 53 granted patents across 36 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: H02G (INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

18.4

Avg claims per patent

+282%

5-year grant velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Greenlee ranks #6,335 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 53 patents across 36 technology areas.

#6,335
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (52.0/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: +282%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Greenlee Tools, Inc. has been granted 53 US utility patents between 2019 and 2024, placing Greenlee Tools, Inc. at #6,335 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 36 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 18.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in H02G (INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES). As a US Corporation, Greenlee Tools, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Greenlee sits between European Molecular Biology Laboratory (53 patents, rank #6,328) and Harsco Technologies Llc (53 patents, rank #6,336) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 52.0/100 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. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 42 grants, compared with 11 in the 2015–2019 window, a +282% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. 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. Greenlee Tools, Inc.'s 18.4 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 36 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

European Molecula…

53
Foshan Shunde Mid…

53
Fuzhou University

53
Flamel Ireland

53
Gilead Pharmasset

53
Gree Green Refrig…

53
Guangzhou Shiyuan…

53
Harsco

53
Greenlee Tools ◀

53

What this shows Greenlee holds 53 patents at rank #6,332, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Greenlee

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,332 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Mccue Corporation 52 American Megatrends, Inc. 52 Hansgrohe SE 52 Ascentage Pharma Group Corp Limited 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.4 here).

Ruckus Wireless, Inc. 18.4 avg University OF Southampton 18.4 avg Bally Gaming, Inc. 18.4 avg Cambrios Film Solutons Corporation 18.4 avg

Greenlee's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 50,000 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Greenlee Tools, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	11	20.8%
2020	13	24.5%
2021	4	7.5%
2022	5	9.4%
2023	12	22.6%
2024	8	15.1%

Which technologies does Greenlee Tools, Inc. patent most?

H02G - INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES 19

B21D - WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL 11

G05B - CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS 11

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 9

B65H - HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES 5

G08B - SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS 5

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 4

G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES 4

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING 3

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 3

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 3

G01L - MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE 3

C12P - FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE 3

C12Y - ENZYMES 3

C07K - PEPTIDES 3

Top 15 of 36 technology areas

Grant record at a glance

Portfolio Volume 53 grants

CPC subclasses 36

Avg. claims / grant 18.4

Velocity +282%

Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#6,335

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

52.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Greenlee Tools, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Greenlee Tools, Inc. ranks #6,335 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Greenlee Tools, Inc. hold?

Greenlee Tools, Inc. holds 53 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is Greenlee Tools, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Greenlee Tools, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.0 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Greenlee Tools, Inc. focus on?

Greenlee Tools, Inc.'s top technology area is H02G (INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES) with 19 patents. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

Is Greenlee Tools, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Greenlee Tools, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +282% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Greenlee Tools, Inc.'s patents?

Greenlee Tools, Inc.'s patents average 18.4 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 Greenlee Tools, 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.

How to use this portfolio

Greenlee's 53 grants land it in the top 11% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Greenlee ranks #6,335 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in H02G - see who else leads that technology area. H02G leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

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.