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CPC technology class · B30

B30B - Presses In General

Presses in general. 2,314 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

2,314
US patents granted
#1/1
in B30
100.0%
B30 class share
+13%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Presses In General ranks #354 of 670 CPC technology areas - 2,314 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 13% over five years.

#354
of 670 CPC technology areas
2,314
US patents granted, 2015–2025
The Boeing
leading assignee (49)
+13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How B30B's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, B30B recorded 1,112 grants versus 981 in 2015–2019 (+13% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2019 at 246 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 168 (+46% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee CNH Industrial America LLC holds 2.1% of the class ; the top three share 5.8%.

Leaderboard read

B30B concentration, lead at 2.1%

CNH Industrial America LLC leads this historical grant record at 2.1% of B30B - foreign corporation assignees hold 62% of class grants (731 of 1,170). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share
2.1%

49 of 2,314 grants

Top three share
5.8%

of the class's recorded grants

Lead over #2
4

more grants than Aida Engineering, Ltd.

Rising assignees active in B30B

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 PulPac AB 8.00x 1 → 8 company-wide · 7 in B30B
  2. #2 Unilin BV 6.11x 9 → 55 company-wide · 5 in B30B
  3. #3 PDInnovative LLC 5.00x 0 → 5 company-wide · 7 in B30B
  4. #4 Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. 3.46x 13 → 45 company-wide · 9 in B30B
  5. #5 WM Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C. 2.73x 15 → 41 company-wide · 7 in B30B

B30B grants by year, peak 2019 (246)

US utility-patent grants per year in B30B, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 13% versus 2015–2019.

100150200250300 20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 142

Who leads B30B?

The 12 most active assignees in Presses IN General - wider bars mean more grants

patents

What this shows The Boeing is the most active filer in B30B, holding 49 of the 2,314 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 B30B
Rank Company Patents in B30B
#1 CNH Industrial America LLC 49
#2 Aida Engineering, Ltd. 45
#3 Fette Compacting GmbH 40
#4 Stolle Machinery Company, LLC 27
#5 Kikusui Seisakusho Ltd. 23
#6 Schuler Pressen GMBH 21
#7 Komatsu Industries Corporation 20
#8 SMS group GmbH 16
#9 GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH 16
#10 Quintus Technologies AB 16
#11 Stahls' Inc. 15
#12 Amada Co., Ltd. 14
#13 Korsch AG 13
#14 US Synthetic Corporation 12
#15 Big Belly Solar LLC 12
#16 Hueck Rheinische GmbH 12
#17 Masonite Corporation 11
#18 Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. 11
#19 Uniflex-Hydraulik GmbH 11
#20 Sintokogio, Ltd. 10

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading B30B 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 B30B assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in B30B. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes). Scatter plot of 14 data points (bubble-sized by third dimension). 510152025 102030405060 Patents in B30B Avg claims / patent (company-wide) Cnh Industrial AmericaAida EngineeringFette CompactingStolle MachineryKikusui SeisakushoSchuler PressenKomatsu IndustriesSms groupGkn Sinter Metals…Quintus AbStahls'AmadaKorschUs Synthetic
Top 14 B30B assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in B30B. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near B30B's 2,314-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for B30B (#354 of 670 by volume ; lead share 2.1%) - not the B30 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

B23C 2,322 C01F 2,333 B07C 2,293 C40B 2,284

Nearest by lead-assignee share

C09D 2.1% B01J 2.1% G01G 2.1% A23L 2.1%

Questions about B30B

Which company holds the most patents in B30B?
The Boeing Company leads B30B with 49 patents (2.1% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, foreign corporations account for 62% of class grants.
Which B30B assignees grew fastest recently?
Among assignees with ≥5 grants in B30B, PulPac AB shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (8.00x: 1 grants in 2019–2021 → 8 in 2022–2024) while holding 7 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

What to do with this data

B30B 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 - B30B figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (2,314 grants in the tracked window).

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