Where does Reid Lifting Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Reid Lifting Limited ranks #42,618 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 Reid Lifting Limited hold?

Reid Lifting Limited holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2021, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Reid Lifting Limited's Innovation Score?

Reid Lifting Limited has an Innovation Score of 20.9 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Reid Lifting Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Reid Lifting Limited's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Reid Lifting Limited's patents?

Reid Lifting Limited's patents average 11.8 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 Reid Lifting Limited 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

Reid Lifting Limited

Q: What technology areas does Reid Lifting Limited focus on?

Reid Lifting Limited's top technology area is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2021. 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, Reid ranks #42,618 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 4 technology areas.

#42,618
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.9/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42618 · Foreign Corporation #42,618 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,618/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Redflex Traffic…
CPC-NARROW B66C · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Redflex Traffic Systems PTY Ltd. (±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
Reid Lifting · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Reid's Innovation Score is 20.9/100 (8th 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 Reid's grants concentrate

Reid Lifting Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Reid sits between Redflex Traffic Systems PTY Ltd. and Rena Technologies GmbH.

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Rekrix

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REM

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REN Fuel K2B AB

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Rena

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Reid Lifting ◀

6

What this shows Reid holds 6 patents at rank #42,555, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Reid

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,555 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66C (Cranes)

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

Reid's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Reid Lifting Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	16.7%
2019	2	33.3%
2020	1	16.7%
2021	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Reid Lifting Limited patent most?

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 6

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 3

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#42,618

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

20.9 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

Reid Lifting Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Reid Lifting Limited's lead technology class is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66C
Ranked #42,618 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Reid Lifting Limited against Redflex Traffic Systems PTY Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.9/100 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.