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CPC technology class · A45

A45C - Purses

Purses; luggage; hand carried bags. 3,658 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

3,658
US patents granted
#2/4
in A45
31.4%
A45 class share
-1%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Purses ranks #290 of 670 CPC technology areas - 3,658 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume down 1% over five years.

#290
of 670 CPC technology areas
3,658
US patents granted, 2015–2025
Apple
leading assignee (169)
-1%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How A45C's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, A45C recorded 1,681 grants versus 1,696 in 2015–2019 (-1% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2019 at 414 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 265 (+56% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Otter Products, LLC holds 2.8% of the class ; the top three share 6.3%.

Leaderboard read

A45C concentration, lead at 2.8%

Otter Products, LLC leads this historical grant record at 2.8% of A45C - us corporation assignees hold 69% of class grants (1,254 of 1,827). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share
2.8%

104 of 3,658 grants

Top three share
6.3%

of the class's recorded grants

Lead over #2
40

more grants than Yeti Coolers, LLC

Where A45C sits inside A45

Among 4 subclasses in A45 (Hand OR Travelling Articles), A45C ranks #2 and holds 31.4% of the parent class's 11,654 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

A45D 4,762 A45F 2,798 A45B 436

Rising assignees active in A45C

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 Speculative Product Design, LLC 35x 1 → 35 company-wide · 12 in A45C
  2. #2 The Ridge Wallet LLC 24x 0 → 24 company-wide · 6 in A45C
  3. #3 Acucela Inc. 5.67x 9 → 51 company-wide · 6 in A45C
  4. #4 Paua Trading Limited 5.00x 1 → 5 company-wide · 6 in A45C
  5. #5 Lashify, Inc. 4.83x 12 → 58 company-wide · 10 in A45C

A45C grants by year, peak 2019 (414)

US utility-patent grants per year in A45C, 2015–2025 - recent five years are down 1% versus 2015–2019.

200250300350400450 20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 218

Who leads A45C?

The 12 most active assignees in PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags - wider bars mean more grants

patents

What this shows Apple is the most active filer in A45C, holding 169 of the 3,658 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
View data table
Top patent holders in CPC subclass A45C
Rank Company Patents in A45C
#1 Otter Products, LLC 104
#2 Yeti Coolers, LLC 64
#3 Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. 64
#4 Pioneer Square Brands, Inc. 41
#5 Coopervision International Limited 38
#6 Incipio, LLC 33
#7 Spigen Korea Co., Ltd. 29
#8 GUI Global Products, Ltd. 26
#9 Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. 24
#10 LAT Enterprises, Inc. 24
#11 National Products, Inc. 23
#12 Travel Caddy, Inc. 23
#13 TreeFrog Developments, Inc. 22
#14 Fidlock GMBH 20
#15 Karsten Manufacturing Corporation 18
#16 Keter Plastic Ltd. 18
#17 Tumi, Inc. 17
#18 Griffin Technology, LLC 16
#19 Rakuten Kobo Inc. 15
#20 Moment Inc 15

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading A45C 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 A45C assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in A45C. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes). Scatter plot of 14 data points (bubble-sized by third dimension). 0510152025 020406080100120 Patents in A45C Avg claims / patent (company-wide) Otter ProductsYeti CoolersSamsonite Ip Holdings…Pioneer Square BrandsCoopervision…IncipioSpigen KoreaGui Global ProductsJohnson & Johnson…Lat EnterprisesNational ProductsTravel CaddyTreefrog DevelopmentsFidlock
Top 14 A45C assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in A45C. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near A45C's 3,658-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for A45C (#290 of 670 by volume ; lead share 4.6%) - not the A45 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

A47F 3,660 B66C 3,676 C09B 3,624 G01H 3,605

Nearest by lead-assignee share

B25J 4.6% B23K 4.6% C07F 4.6% E05F 4.6%

Questions about A45C

Which company holds the most patents in A45C?
Apple Inc. leads A45C with 169 patents (2.8% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, us corporations account for 69% of class grants.
Which A45C assignees grew fastest recently?
Among assignees with ≥5 grants in A45C, Speculative Product Design, LLC shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (35x: 1 grants in 2019–2021 → 35 in 2022–2024) while holding 12 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.
How does A45C compare inside parent class A45?
Inside A45 (Hand OR Travelling Articles), A45C ranks #2 of 4 subclasses by grant volume and holds 31.4% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is A45D (4,762 grants).

What to do with this data

A45C in context - here's where to go next.

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

Methodology - A45C figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (3,658 grants in the tracked window).

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