Where does THE Gleason Works rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Gleason Works ranks #6,491 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 Gleason Works hold?

THE Gleason Works holds 52 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is THE Gleason Works's Innovation Score?

THE Gleason Works has an Innovation Score of 39.0 out of 100 (top 39% 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 Gleason Works focus on?

THE Gleason Works's top technology area is B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks) with 42 patents, ranking #1 of 50 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is THE Gleason Works's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE Gleason Works's recent grant velocity is -52% 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 THE Gleason Works's patents?

THE Gleason Works's patents average 10.9 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 Gleason Works 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 Gleason Works

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 52 granted patents across 15 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: B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #6,491 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 52 patents across 15 technology areas.

#6,491
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.0/100): 10.9
avg claims per patent: -52%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6491 · US Corporation #6,491 · 52 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 52 grants
UPPER-Q #6,491/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sharp Life Science…
CPC-FOCUS B23F · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -52% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited (±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 39.0 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 13.7 pts (35%) Velocity 5.0 pts (13%) Breadth 13.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dongguan Oumeng… · near

39
Getrag Getriebe-… · near

39
Komori · near

39
ShenZhen Treasure… · near

39
THE Gleason Works · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 39.0/100 (top 39% 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 10.9 claims/patent is at or below the 17.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where THE's grants concentrate

THE Gleason Works is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 80.8% of grants classified under B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, THE sits between Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited and The University Court of the University of Glasgow.

THE's three-year grant acceleration

THE Gleason Works shows 9 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.

Sharp Life Scienc…

52
Sun Hydraulics

52
Sutro Biopharma

52
Technology Resear…

52
Toyo Aluminium

52
Toyo Tanso

52
Tanium

52
The University Co…

52
THE Gleason Works ◀

52

What this shows THE holds 52 patents at rank #6,490, 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 #6,490 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks)

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). In B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks), THE ranks #1 of 50 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Dongguan Oumeng Houseware Products Co., Ltd 39 Getrag Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagen 39 Komori Corporation 39 ShenZhen Treasure City Technology Co., Ltd. 39

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.9 here).

Tohoku Pioneer Corporation 10.9 avg Tien Hsin Industries Co., Ltd. 10.9 avg NR Electric Co., Ltd. 10.9 avg Euroimmun Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG 10.9 avg

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 Gleason Works patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	17.3%
2016	2	3.8%
2017	6	11.5%
2018	11	21.2%
2019	5	9.6%
2020	4	7.7%
2021	3	5.8%
2022	2	3.8%
2023	4	7.7%
2024	3	5.8%
2025partial year	3	5.8%

Which technologies does THE Gleason Works patent most?

B23F - Making Gears OR Toothed Racks 42

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 20

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 9

B23C - Milling 9

F16H - Gearing 5

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 5

B23B - TURNING; Boring 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

Top 15 of 15 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

THE Gleason Works's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE Gleason Works's lead technology class is B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks), 80.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23F
Ranked #6,491 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE Gleason Works against Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.0/100 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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