Where does Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A. ranks #9,777 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 Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A. hold?

Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A. holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A.'s Innovation Score?

Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A. has an Innovation Score of 35.1 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A. focus on?

Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A.'s top technology area is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages) with 16 patents, ranking #64 of 793 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A.'s recent grant velocity is +29% 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 Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A.'s patents?

Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A.'s patents average 7.3 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 Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A. 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

Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 15 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: A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gruppo ranks #9,777 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 15 technology areas.

#9,777
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.1/100): 7.3
avg claims per patent: +29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9777 · Foreign Corporation #9,777 · 32 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,777/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gala Industies
CPC-FOCUS A47J · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gala Industies, 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 Gruppo’s 35.1 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 12.1 pts (34%) Velocity 5.0 pts (14%) Breadth 13.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 4.4 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gruppo Cimbali S p A · this assignee

35
NP Medical · near

35
Paragon 28 · near

35
Smart Packaging… · near

35
Meta · near

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gruppo's Innovation Score is 35.1/100 (top 50% 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 Gruppo?

Each dot is one of Gruppo’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). Gruppo’s own 7.3 claims/patent is at or below the 12.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Gruppo's grants concentrate

Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Gruppo sits between GB II Corporation and Heesung Catalysts Corporation.

Gruppo's three-year grant acceleration

Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

GB II

32
Grob-werke & KG

32
Gala Industies

32
Graftech Internat…

32
Gynesonics

32
Hamanakodenso

32
Hanwit Precision…

32
Heesung Catalysts

32
Gruppo Cimbali S… ◀

32

What this shows Gruppo holds 32 patents at rank #9,777, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gruppo

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,777 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47J (Kitchen Equipment)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Gruppo, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47J (Kitchen Equipment), Gruppo ranks #64 of 793 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

NP Medical Inc. 35 Paragon 28, Inc. 35 Smart Packaging Solutions 35 Meta Company 35

Gruppo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% 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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Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	3.1%
2017	2	6.3%
2018	8	25.0%
2019	3	9.4%
2020	7	21.9%
2021	2	6.3%
2022	4	12.5%
2023	5	15.6%

Which technologies does Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A. patent most?

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 16

A23F - COFFEE; TEA; Their SUBSTITUTES; Manufacture, Preparation, OR Infusion Thereof 6

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 2

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

D21D - Treatment OF THE Materials Before Passing TO THE Paper-making Machine 1

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 1

B30B - Presses IN General 1

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

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 1

G01G - Weighing 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A.'s lead technology class is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47J
Ranked #9,777 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A. against GB II Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.1/100 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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