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A41G - Artificial Flowers

Artificial flowers; wigs; masks; feathers. 380 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

380
US patents granted
#6/6
in A41
4.4%
A41 class share
+45%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Artificial Flowers ranks #565 of 670 CPC technology areas - 380 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 45% over five years.

#565
of 670 CPC technology areas
380
US patents granted, 2015–2025
Willis Electric
leading assignee (37)
+45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How A41G's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, A41G recorded 199 grants versus 137 in 2015–2019 (+45% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2024 at 45 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 20 (+125% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Willis Electric Co., Ltd. holds 9.7% of the class ; the top three share 21.8%.

Leaderboard read

A41G concentration, lead at 9.7%

Willis Electric Co., Ltd. leads this historical grant record at 9.7% of A41G - us corporation assignees hold 53% of class grants (99 of 188). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share
9.7%

37 of 380 grants

Top three share
21.8%

of the class's recorded grants

Lead over #2
9

more grants than Lashify, Inc.

Where A41G sits inside A41

Among 6 subclasses in A41 (Wearing Apparel), A41G ranks #6 and holds 4.4% of the parent class's 8,592 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

A41D 5,359 A41B 979 A41F 683 A41C 669 A41H 522

Rising assignees active in A41G

Company-wide grant multiples (2022–2024 vs 2019–2021) among assignees with ≥5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide; class patent counts are subclass-specific.

  1. #1 Lashify, Inc. 4.83x 12 → 58 company-wide · 28 in A41G
  2. #2 Wink Robotics 2.00x 2 → 4 company-wide · 6 in A41G
  3. #3 Belgravia Wood Limited 1.82x 11 → 20 company-wide · 14 in A41G
  4. #4 Kiss Nail Products, Inc. 1.50x 12 → 18 company-wide · 10 in A41G
  5. #5 Albea Services 0.79x 34 → 27 company-wide · 5 in A41G

A41G grants by year, peak 2024 (45)

US utility-patent grants per year in A41G, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 45% versus 2015–2019.

1020304050 20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 36

Who leads A41G?

The 12 most active assignees in Artificial FLOWERS; WIGS; MASKS; Feathers - wider bars mean more grants

patents

What this shows Willis Electric is the most active filer in A41G, holding 37 of the 380 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025 grant years
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Top patent holders in CPC subclass A41G
Rank Company Patents in A41G
#1 Willis Electric Co., Ltd. 37
#2 Lashify, Inc. 28
#3 Shake-n-go Fashion, Inc. 18
#4 Belgravia Wood Limited 14
#5 Kiss Nail Products, Inc. 10
#6 Aderans Company Limited 7
#7 Polygroup Macau Limited (BVI) 6
#8 JBS Hair Inc. 6
#9 Wink Robotics 6
#10 Albea Services 5
#11 Brock USA, LLC 5
#12 Juki Corporation 4
#13 H2W 4
#14 ELC Management LLC 3
#15 Seasons 4, Inc. 3
#16 Pro-iroda Industries, Inc. 2
#17 Lvmh Recherche 2
#18 LovePop, Inc. 2
#19 Blooming International Limited 2
#20 Balsam International Unlimited Company 2

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading A41G assignee, placed by how many patents it holds in this class (horizontal) against its company-wide average claims per patent (vertical) - a read on whether the class is led by broad-but-shallow filers or focused deep-claim players.

Top 14 A41G assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in A41G. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes). Scatter plot of 14 data points (bubble-sized by third dimension). 051015202530 010203040 Patents in A41G Avg claims / patent (company-wide) Willis ElectricLashifyShake-n-go FashionBelgravia WoodKiss Nail ProductsAderansPolygroup Macau (Bvi)Jbs HairWink RoboticsAlbea ServicesBrock UsaJukiH2wElc Management
Top 14 A41G assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in A41G. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Questions about A41G

Which company holds the most patents in A41G?
Willis Electric Co., Ltd. leads A41G with 37 patents (9.7% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, us corporations account for 53% of class grants.
Which A41G assignees grew fastest recently?
Among assignees with ≥5 grants in A41G, Lashify, Inc. shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (4.83x: 12 grants in 2019–2021 → 58 in 2022–2024) while holding 28 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.
How does A41G compare inside parent class A41?
Inside A41 (Wearing Apparel), A41G ranks #6 of 6 subclasses by grant volume and holds 4.4% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is A41D (5,359 grants).

What to do with this data

A41G in context - here's where to go next.

  • Willis Electric Co., Ltd. leads A41G with 37 grants in this class. See full portfolio
  • A41G ranks #565 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
  • Inside parent class A41, the largest sibling subclass is A41D with 5,359 grants. Explore A41D

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through 2026-05-15; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Methodology - A41G figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (380 grants in the tracked window).

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