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C12L - Pitching Or Depitching Machines

Pitching or depitching machines; cellar tools. 14 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

14
US patents granted
#12/12
in C12
0.0%
C12 class share
+100%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pitching Or Depitching Machines ranks #656 of 670 CPC technology areas - 14 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 100% over five years.

#656
of 670 CPC technology areas
14
US patents granted, 2015–2025
Watgrid
leading assignee (4)
+100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How C12L's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, C12L recorded 8 grants versus 4 in 2015–2019 (+100% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2024 at 4 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 1 (+300% peak-over-trough).

Where C12L sits inside C12

Among 12 subclasses in C12 (BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; Mutation OR Genetic Engineering), C12L ranks #12 and holds 0.0% of the parent class's 144,620 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

C12N 68,530 C12Q 32,189 C12Y 17,214 C12P 13,948 C12M 8,154 C12R 3,107 C12C 506 C12G 389

C12L grants by year, peak 2024 (4)

US utility-patent grants per year in C12L, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 100% versus 2015–2019.

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Questions about C12L

Which company holds the most patents in C12L?
Watgrid, S.A. leads C12L with 4 patents.
How does C12L compare inside parent class C12?
Inside C12 (BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; Mutation OR Genetic Engineering), C12L ranks #12 of 12 subclasses by grant volume and holds 0.0% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is C12N (68,530 grants).

What to do with this data

C12L in context - here's where to go next.

  • C12L ranks #656 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
  • Inside parent class C12, the largest sibling subclass is C12N with 68,530 grants. Explore C12N

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

Methodology - C12L figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (14 grants in the tracked window).

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