Where does The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC ranks #37,899 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 The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC hold?

The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC's Innovation Score?

The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC has an Innovation Score of 38.9 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC focus on?

The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC's top technology area is F24H (Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General) with 4 patents, ranking #65 of 303 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC's recent grant velocity is +33% 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 The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC's patents?

The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC's patents average 16.6 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 The Cleaver-Brooks Company, 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

The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: F24H (Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #37,899 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 11 technology areas.

#37,899
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.9/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37899 · US Corporation #37,899 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,899/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Teufelberger…
CPC-FOCUS F24H · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Teufelberger Gesellschaft m.b.H. (±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 The’s 38.9 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 7.2 pts (19%) Velocity 10.0 pts (26%) Breadth 11.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The Cleaver-Brooks · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 38.9/100 (top 40% 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under F24H (Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, The sits between Teufelberger Gesellschaft m.b.H. and The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, Inc..

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Teufelberger Gese…

7
Texas Christian U…

7
Textio

7
The A2 Milk

7
The Connectivity…

7
The Covell Group

7
The E3

7
The Global Allian…

7
The Cleaver-brooks ◀

7

What this shows The holds 7 patents at rank #37,955, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,955 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F24H (Fluid Heaters)

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

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2023	1	14.3%
2024	2	28.6%

Which technologies does The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC patent most?

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 4

F22B - Methods OF Steam GENERATION; Steam Boilers 3

F23C - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

F24D - Domestic- OR Space-heating Systems, e.g. Central Heating SYSTEMS; Domestic Hot-water Supply SYSTEMS; Elements OR Components Therefor 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

F23N - Regulating OR Controlling Combustion 1

F23J - Removal OR Treatment OF Combustion Products OR Combustion RESIDUES; Flues 1

F22D - Preheating, OR Accumulating Preheated, Feed-water FOR Steam GENERATION; Feed-water Supply FOR Steam GENERATION; Controlling Water Level FOR Steam GENERATION; Auxiliary Devices FOR Promoting Water Circulation Within Steam Boilers 1

F01K - Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles 1

F23B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Only Solid Fuel 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC's lead technology class is F24H (Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F24H
Ranked #37,899 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC against Teufelberger Gesellschaft m.b.H., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.9/100 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

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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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