Where does Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH ranks #25,281 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 Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH hold?

Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH's Innovation Score?

Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH has an Innovation Score of 18.3 out of 100 (5th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH's patents?

Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH's patents average 4.4 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 Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH 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

Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH focus on?

Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH's top technology area is B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding) with 2 patents, ranking #258 of 768 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Stanley ranks #25,281 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 4 technology areas.

#25,281
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (18.3/100): 4.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25281 · Foreign Corporation #25,281 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,281/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sprout Pharmaceuticals
CPC-NARROW B25B · 4 areas
INNOV-LOW 18.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sprout Pharmaceuticals, 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 Stanley’s 18.3 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 8.6 pts (47%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (39%) Claim depth 2.6 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Stanley Works (Europe) · this assignee

18
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Stanley's Innovation Score is 18.3/100 (5th 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 Stanley?

Each dot is one of Stanley’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). Stanley’s own 4.4 claims/patent is at or below the 11.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Stanley's grants concentrate

Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 18.2% of grants classified under B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Stanley sits between Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Stellar Industries, Inc..

Sprout Pharmaceut…

11
Spühl

11
Standard Biotools…

11
Standard Energy

11
Starbuzz® Tobacco

11
Starpharma Pty

11
State Grid Chongq…

11
Stellar Industries

11
Stanley Works (Eu… ◀

11

What this shows Stanley holds 11 patents at rank #25,294, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Stanley

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,294 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices)

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

Stanley's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

18 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	36.4%
2016	2	18.2%
2017	2	18.2%
2018	3	27.3%

Which technologies does Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH patent most?

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 2

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 2

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH's lead technology class is B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding), 18.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25B
Ranked #25,281 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH against Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 18.3/100 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.