Where does Manitou BF rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Manitou BF ranks #10,996 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 Manitou BF hold?

Manitou BF holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Manitou BF's Innovation Score?

Manitou BF has an Innovation Score of 36.4 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Manitou BF's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Manitou BF's recent grant velocity is +18% 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 Manitou BF's patents?

Manitou BF's patents average 9.1 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 Manitou BF 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

Manitou BF

Q: What technology areas does Manitou BF focus on?

Manitou BF's top technology area is B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load) with 15 patents, ranking #26 of 447 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Manitou ranks #10,996 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 16 technology areas.

#10,996
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.4/100): 9.1
avg claims per patent: +18%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10996 · Foreign Corporation #10,996 · 28 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #10,996/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Linamar
CPC-FOCUS B66F · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +18% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Linamar Corporation (±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 Manitou’s 36.4 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 11.6 pts (32%) Velocity 5.2 pts (14%) Breadth 14.1 pts (39%) Claim depth 5.4 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aoyama Seisakusho · near

36
Goal Zero · near

36
Kaijo · near

36
Manitou BF · this assignee

36
Michel VAN DE Wiele · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Manitou's Innovation Score is 36.4/100 (top 46% 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 Manitou?

Each dot is one of Manitou’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). Manitou’s own 9.1 claims/patent is at or below the 15.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Manitou's grants concentrate

Manitou BF is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 53.6% of grants classified under B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Manitou sits between Linamar Corporation and Medrx Co., Ltd..

Manitou's three-year grant acceleration

Manitou BF shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Linamar

28
Liqmeds Worldwide

28
Maersk Olie OG GA…

28
Makinarocks

28
Matrixed Reality…

28
Maxcyte

28
Mckinsey &

28
Medrx

28
Manitou BF ◀

28

What this shows Manitou holds 28 patents at rank #10,991, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Manitou

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,991 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66F (Hoisting)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Manitou, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B66F (Hoisting), Manitou ranks #26 of 447 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Kaijo Corporation 36 Aoyama Seisakusho Co., Ltd. 36 NV Michel VAN DE Wiele 36 Goal Zero LLC 36

Manitou's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Manitou BF patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.6%
2018	7	25.0%
2019	3	10.7%
2020	5	17.9%
2021	1	3.6%
2022	2	7.1%
2024	5	17.9%
2025partial year	4	14.3%

Which technologies does Manitou BF patent most?

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 15

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 5

F02N - Starting OF Combustion ENGINES; Starting Aids FOR Such Engines, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 3

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 3

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 2

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 1

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 1

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 1

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Manitou BF's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Manitou BF's lead technology class is B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load), 53.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66F
Ranked #10,996 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Manitou BF against Linamar Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.4/100 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.