Where does Manitowoc Crane Group France rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Manitowoc Crane Group France ranks #6,460 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 Manitowoc Crane Group France hold?

Manitowoc Crane Group France holds 52 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Manitowoc Crane Group France's Innovation Score?

Manitowoc Crane Group France has an Innovation Score of 52.6 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Manitowoc Crane Group France focus on?

Manitowoc Crane Group France's top technology area is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles) with 48 patents, ranking #7 of 428 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

Is Manitowoc Crane Group France's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Manitowoc Crane Group France's recent grant velocity is +169% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Manitowoc Crane Group France's patents?

Manitowoc Crane Group France's patents average 15.4 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 Manitowoc Crane Group France 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

Manitowoc Crane Group France

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 52 granted patents across 28 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: B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Manitowoc ranks #6,460 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 52 patents across 28 technology areas.

#6,460
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.6/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: +169%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6460 · Foreign Corporation #6,460 · 52 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 52 grants
UPPER-Q #6,460/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MAN Diesel & Turbo SE
CPC-FOCUS B66C · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +169% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MAN Diesel & Turbo SE (±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 Manitowoc’s 52.6 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 13.7 pts (26%) Velocity 11.0 pts (21%) Breadth 18.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Expro North SEA · near

53
Hyland UK Operations · near

53
Manitowoc Crane… · this assignee

53
Materialise · near

53
Smarter Microelectro… · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Manitowoc's Innovation Score is 52.6/100 (top 10% 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 Manitowoc?

Each dot is one of Manitowoc’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). Manitowoc’s own 15.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Manitowoc's grants concentrate

Manitowoc Crane Group France is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 92.3% of grants classified under B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Manitowoc sits between MAN Diesel & Turbo SE and MiRus LLC.

Manitowoc's three-year grant acceleration

Manitowoc Crane Group France shows 23 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

MAN Diesel & Turb…

52
Maquet

52
Mianyang BOE Opto…

52
Modernsolid Indus…

52
Medivation

52
Medtronic Bakken…

52
Mettler-toledo (C…

52
Mirus

52
Manitowoc Crane G… ◀

52

What this shows Manitowoc holds 52 patents at rank #6,463, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Manitowoc

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,463 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66C (Cranes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Manitowoc, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B66C (Cranes), Manitowoc ranks #7 of 428 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Expro North SEA Limited 53 Materialise N.V. 53 Hyland UK Operations Limited 53 Smarter Microelectronics (GUANG ZHOU) Co., Ltd. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.4 here).

LanzaTech New Zealand Limited 15.4 avg Micro Focus Software Inc. 15.4 avg OUR United Corporation 15.4 avg Research Foundation OF THE City University OF NEW York 15.4 avg

Manitowoc's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% 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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Manitowoc Crane Group France patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	9.6%
2016	4	7.7%
2018	2	3.8%
2019	2	3.8%
2020	7	13.5%
2021	5	9.6%
2022	3	5.8%
2023	9	17.3%
2024	11	21.2%
2025partial year	4	7.7%

Which technologies does Manitowoc Crane Group France patent most?

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 48

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 7

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 4

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

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 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

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 2

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

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

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

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

Top 15 of 28 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

Manitowoc Crane Group France's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Manitowoc Crane Group France's lead technology class is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles), 92.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66C
Ranked #6,460 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Manitowoc Crane Group France against MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.6/100 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

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