Where does Growlerwerks, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Growlerwerks, Inc. ranks #21,197 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 Growlerwerks, Inc. hold?

Growlerwerks, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Growlerwerks, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Growlerwerks, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 23.2 out of 100 (12th 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 Growlerwerks, Inc. focus on?

Growlerwerks, Inc.'s top technology area is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 6 patents, ranking #93 of 469 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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

Growlerwerks, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +17% 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 Growlerwerks, Inc.'s patents?

Growlerwerks, Inc.'s patents average 4.8 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 Growlerwerks, 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

Growlerwerks, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Growlerwerks ranks #21,197 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 5 technology areas.

#21,197
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.2/100): 4.8
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21197 · US Corporation #21,197 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,197/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GLW
CPC-NARROW B67D · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GLW, Inc. (±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 Growlerwerks’s 23.2 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 9.1 pts (39%) Velocity 3.3 pts (14%) Breadth 7.9 pts (34%) Claim depth 2.9 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Growlerwerks · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Growlerwerks's Innovation Score is 23.2/100 (12th 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 Growlerwerks?

Each dot is one of Growlerwerks’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). Growlerwerks’s own 4.8 claims/patent is at or below the 13.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Growlerwerks's grants concentrate

Growlerwerks, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 46.2% of grants classified under B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Growlerwerks sits between GLW, Inc. and Guangzhou Cellprotek Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Growlerwerks's three-year grant acceleration

Growlerwerks, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

GLW

13
Goldhofer

13
Greater Shine

13
Green KEY

13
GSI Outdoors

13
Guangdong Raynove…

13
Guangdong Xinbao…

13
Guangzhou Cellpro…

13
Growlerwerks ◀

13

What this shows Growlerwerks holds 13 patents at rank #21,176, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Growlerwerks

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,176 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B67D (Dispensing)

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

Growlerwerks's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Growlerwerks, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.7%
2017	2	15.4%
2018	1	7.7%
2019	2	15.4%
2020	2	15.4%
2021	2	15.4%
2022	2	15.4%
2023	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Growlerwerks, Inc. patent most?

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Growlerwerks, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Growlerwerks, Inc.'s lead technology class is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 46.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B67D
Ranked #21,197 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Growlerwerks, Inc. against GLW, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.2/100 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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