Where does Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC ranks #6,371 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 Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC hold?

Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC holds 53 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC's Innovation Score?

Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC has an Innovation Score of 32.0 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC's recent grant velocity is -7% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC's patents?

Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC's patents average 4.6 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 Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC 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

Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC focus on?

Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC's top technology area is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 11 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 53 granted patents across 12 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: B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Outdoor ranks #6,371 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 53 patents across 12 technology areas.

#6,371
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.0/100): 4.6
avg claims per patent: -7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6371 · US Corporation #6,371 · 53 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 53 grants
UPPER-Q #6,371/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Navix International
CPC-FOCUS B26B · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Navix International Limited (±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
Buckhorn · near

32
Houzz · near

32
IH IP Holdings · near

32
Nanobit Tech · near

32
Outdoor Edge Cutlery · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Outdoor's Innovation Score is 32.0/100 (40th 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.

Where Outdoor's grants concentrate

Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 20.8% of grants classified under B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Outdoor sits between Ningbo Well Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. and Precision Combustion, Inc..

Outdoor's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC moved from 25 to 12 grants (0.48x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Ningbo Well Elect…

53
Navix Internation…

53
Nemera La Verpill…

53
New Balance Athle…

53
Orion Labs

53
Pierre Fabre Derm…

53
Polyplastics

53
Precision Combust…

53
Outdoor Edge Cutl… ◀

53

What this shows Outdoor holds 53 patents at rank #6,368, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Outdoor

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,368 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Outdoor, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

Houzz, Inc. 32 Buckhorn Inc. 32 Nanobit Tech. Co., Ltd. 32 IH IP Holdings Limited 32

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (4.6 here).

Huhtamaki, Inc. 4.6 avg Griffin Technology, LLC 4.6 avg Puzhen Life Co., Ltd. 4.5 avg Creative Plastic Concepts, LLC 4.6 avg

Outdoor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% 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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Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	3.8%
2016	4	7.5%
2017	3	5.7%
2018	6	11.3%
2019	12	22.6%
2020	7	13.2%
2021	6	11.3%
2023	4	7.5%
2024	8	15.1%
2025partial year	1	1.9%

Which technologies does Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC patent most?

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

A44C - Personal Adornments, e.g. JEWELLERY; Coins 4

F23Q - Ignition ; Extinguishing-devices 4

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 4

B67B - Applying Closure Members TO Bottles Jars, OR Similar CONTAINERS; Opening Closed Containers 4

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 4

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 4

G04B - Mechanically-driven Clocks OR WATCHES; Mechanical Parts OF Clocks OR Watches IN GENERAL; Time Pieces Using THE Position OF THE SUN, Moon OR Stars 4

A41F - Garment FASTENINGS; Suspenders 4

B25G - Handles FOR Hand Implements 1

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#6,371

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

32.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC's lead technology class is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 20.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B26B
Ranked #6,371 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC against Ningbo Well Electric Appliance Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.0/100 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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