Where does Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc. ranks #9,582 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 Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc. hold?

Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc. holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.5 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc. focus on?

Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.'s top technology area is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 21 patents, ranking #13 of 239 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -62% 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 Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.'s patents?

Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.'s patents average 15.7 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 Pacific Handy Cutter, 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

Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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, Pacific ranks #9,582 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 6 technology areas.

#9,582
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.5/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9582 · US Corporation #9,582 · 33 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,582/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Par Pharmaceutical
CPC-NARROW B26B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Par Pharmaceutical, 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 Pacific’s 32.5 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 12.2 pts (38%) Velocity 2.2 pts (7%) Breadth 8.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Guangzhou Baomei… · near

32
Nokian Heavy Tyres · near

32
Pacific Handy Cutter · this assignee

32
Sennheiser Communica… · near

32
Towerstar Pets · near

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pacific's Innovation Score is 32.5/100 (41st 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Pacific?

Each dot is one of Pacific’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). Pacific’s own 15.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Pacific's grants concentrate

Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 63.6% of grants classified under B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Pacific sits between Philogen S.P.A. and Portal Instruments, Inc..

Pacific's three-year grant acceleration

Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc. shows 4 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.

Philogen S P A

33
Phinergy

33
Piramal Enterpris…

33
Pure Depth

33
Par Pharmaceutical

33
Patreon

33
Polder Products

33
Portal Instruments

33
Pacific Handy Cut… ◀

33

What this shows Pacific holds 33 patents at rank #9,585, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pacific

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,585 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pacific, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools), Pacific ranks #13 of 239 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

Guangzhou Baomei Network Technology Co., Ltd. 32 Nokian Heavy Tyres Ltd 32 Sennheiser Communications A/S 32 Towerstar Pets, LLC 32

Pacific's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	12.1%
2016	4	12.1%
2017	6	18.2%
2018	3	9.1%
2019	7	21.2%
2020	2	6.1%
2021	3	9.1%
2022	3	9.1%
2024	1	3.0%

Which technologies does Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc. patent most?

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 21

B25G - Handles FOR Hand Implements 2

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 2

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 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

D06H - Marking, Inspecting, Seaming OR Severing Textile Materials 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.'s lead technology class is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B26B
Ranked #9,582 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc. against Philogen S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.5/100 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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