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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Growlerwerks, Inc. ranks #21,197 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 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 (top 88% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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.

Q: 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. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 5 technology areas.

#21,197
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 88%
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 #21,197/50,000
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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Growlerwerks · this assignee

23
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Growlerwerks's Innovation Score is 23.2/100 (top 88% 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.

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.

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 Top 88% higher than 12% of 50,000 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

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,197

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

23.2 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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