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D03C - Shedding Mechanisms

Shedding mechanisms; pattern cards or chains; punching of cards; designing patterns. 85 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

85
US patents granted
#3/3
in D03
3.7%
D03 class share
-28%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shedding Mechanisms ranks #627 of 670 CPC technology areas - 85 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume down 28% over five years.

#627
of 670 CPC technology areas
85
US patents granted, 2015–2025
Staubli Faverges
leading assignee (10)
-28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How D03C's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, D03C recorded 33 grants versus 46 in 2015–2019 (-28% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2019 at 16 grants and bottomed in 2020 at 4 (+300% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Staubli Faverges holds 11.8% of the class ; the top three share 29.4%.

Leaderboard read

D03C concentration, lead at 11.8%

Staubli Faverges leads this historical grant record at 11.8% of D03C - foreign corporation assignees hold 95% of class grants (39 of 41). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share
11.8%

10 of 85 grants

Top three share
29.4%

of the class's recorded grants

Lead over #2
2

more grants than NV Michel VAN DE Wiele

Where D03C sits inside D03

Among 3 subclasses in D03 (Weaving), D03C ranks #3 and holds 3.7% of the parent class's 2,313 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

D03D 2,141 D03J 87

Rising assignees active in D03C

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 Staubli Faverges 1.00x 20 → 20 company-wide · 10 in D03C
  2. #2 Staubli Lyon 1.00x 2 → 2 company-wide · 7 in D03C
  3. #3 NV Michel VAN DE Wiele 0.07x 14 → 1 company-wide · 8 in D03C

D03C grants by year, peak 2019 (16)

US utility-patent grants per year in D03C, 2015–2025 - recent five years are down 28% versus 2015–2019.

05101520 20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 4

Who leads D03C?

The 12 most active assignees in Shedding MECHANISMS; Pattern Cards OR CHAINS; Punching OF CARDS; Designing Patterns - wider bars mean more grants

patents

What this shows Staubli Faverges is the most active filer in D03C, holding 10 of the 85 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 D03C
Rank Company Patents in D03C
#1 Staubli Faverges 10
#2 NV Michel VAN DE Wiele 8
#3 Staubli Lyon 7
#4 Staubli Bayreuth GMBH 3
#5 Groz-beckert KG 2
#6 Tsudakoma Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 2
#7 Albany Engineered Composites, Inc. 2
#8 Innotec Lightweight Engineering & Polymer Technology GMBH 2
#9 Lindauer Dornier Gesellschaft mbH 2
#10 Vandewiele NV 1
#11 Textilma AG 1
#12 Wowwee Group Ltd. 1

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading D03C 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 12 D03C assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in D03C. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes). Scatter plot of 12 data points (bubble-sized by third dimension). 05101520 024681012 Patents in D03C Avg claims / patent (company-wide) Staubli FavergesMichel Van De WieleStaubli LyonStaubli BayreuthGroz-beckert KgTsudakoma KogyoAlbany Engineered…Innotec Lightweight…Lindauer Dornier…VandewieleTextilmaWowwee Group
Top 12 D03C assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in D03C. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Questions about D03C

Which company holds the most patents in D03C?
Staubli Faverges leads D03C with 10 patents (11.8% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, foreign corporations account for 95% of class grants.
Which D03C assignees grew fastest recently?
Among assignees with ≥5 grants in D03C, Staubli Faverges shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (1.00x: 20 grants in 2019–2021 → 20 in 2022–2024) while holding 10 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.
How does D03C compare inside parent class D03?
Inside D03 (Weaving), D03C ranks #3 of 3 subclasses by grant volume and holds 3.7% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is D03D (2,141 grants).

What to do with this data

D03C 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 - D03C figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (85 grants in the tracked window).

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