Where does The Gillette Company LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Gillette Company LLC ranks #538 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 Gillette Company LLC hold?

The Gillette Company LLC holds 830 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 98 technology areas.

What is The Gillette Company LLC's Innovation Score?

The Gillette Company LLC has an Innovation Score of 61.3 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is The Gillette Company LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Gillette Company LLC's recent grant velocity is +34% 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 Gillette Company LLC's patents?

The Gillette Company LLC's patents average 7.0 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 Gillette 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 Gillette Company LLC

Q: What technology areas does The Gillette Company LLC focus on?

The Gillette Company LLC's top technology area is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 266 patents. Grants appear in 98 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 830 granted patents across 98 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, The ranks #538 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 830 patents across 98 technology areas.

#538
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.3/100): 7.0
avg claims per patent: +34%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R538 · US Corporation #538 · 830 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 830 grants
TOP-DECILE #538/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ABL IP Holding
CPC-WIDE B26B · 98 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +34% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ABL IP Holding LLC (±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
Globalwafers · near

61
Industry-academic… · near

61
Axon Enterprise · near

61
Ikea Supply · near

61
The Gillette · this assignee

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 61.3/100 (top 3% 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.

How The's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, The Gillette Company LLC received 432 grants versus 322 in 2015–2019 (+34% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 103 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 50. Lead class B26B accounts for 32% of the portfolio across 98 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (#534) and Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. (#542).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The Gillette Company LLC moved from 213 to 282 grants (1.32x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #611. See the growth leaderboard.

Chongqing BOE Opt…

841
Exxonmobil Upstre…

841
Conopco

831
ABL IP Holding

830
The Gillette ◀

830
Corning Optical C…

828
Stmicroelectronic…

828
University of Mas…

828
Shanghai United I…

825

What this shows The holds 830 patents at rank #538, 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 #538 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Axon Enterprise, Inc. 61 Ikea Supply AG 61 Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University 61 Globalwafers Co., Ltd. 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.0 here).

Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd. 7.0 avg Ecco Sko A/S 7.0 avg Kosmek Ltd. 7.0 avg Jtekt Corporation 7.0 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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The Gillette Company LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	75	9.0%
2016	50	6.0%
2017	66	8.0%
2018	68	8.2%
2019	63	7.6%
2020	86	10.4%
2021	64	7.7%
2022	82	9.9%
2023	103	12.4%
2024	97	11.7%
2025partial year	76	9.2%

Which technologies does The Gillette Company LLC patent most?

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 266

A46B - Brushes 53

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 36

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 30

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 24

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 24

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 20

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 20

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 19

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 18

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 17

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 15

A46D - Manufacture OF Brushes 14

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 11

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 11

Top 15 of 98 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#538

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.3 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

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

The Gillette Company LLC's lead technology class is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 32% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B26B
Ranked #538 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Gillette Company LLC against Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.3/100 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

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