CPC technology class · D04

D04C - Braiding Or Manufacture Of Lace

Braiding or manufacture of lace, including bobbin-net or carbonised lace; braiding machines; braid; lace. 584 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

584
US patents granted: #3/5
in D04: 9.8%
D04 class share: +12%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Braiding Or Manufacture Of Lace ranks #521 of 670 CPC technology areas - 584 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 12% over five years.

#521
of 670 CPC technology areas: 584
US patents granted, 2015–2025: Nike
leading assignee (29): +12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How D04C's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, D04C recorded 282 grants versus 252 in 2015–2019 (+12% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2022 at 67 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 41 (+63% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. holds 3.9% of the class ; the top three share 10.6%.

Leaderboard read

D04C concentration, lead at 3.9%

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. leads this historical grant record at 3.9% of D04C - us corporation assignees hold 75% of class grants (222 of 297). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share: 3.9%
Top three share: 10.6%
Lead over #2: 0

Where D04C sits inside D04

Among 5 subclasses in D04 (BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; Non-woven Fabrics), D04C ranks #3 and holds 9.8% of the parent class's 5,966 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

D04H 3,452 D04B 1,864 D04D 47 D04G 19

Rising assignees active in D04C

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 Syntorr Inc. 3.00x 1 → 3 company-wide · 5 in D04C
#2 A&P Technology, Inc. 2.50x 2 → 5 company-wide · 9 in D04C
#3 EverestMedica LLC 2.50x 2 → 5 company-wide · 8 in D04C
#4 Occlutech GmbH 1.40x 5 → 7 company-wide · 13 in D04C
#5 MicroVention, Inc. 1.26x 65 → 82 company-wide · 8 in D04C

D04C grants by year, peak 2022 (67)

US utility-patent grants per year in D04C, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 12% versus 2015–2019.

Boston Scientific…

23
Federal-mogul…

23
Insera Therapeutics

16
Occlutech

13
Biomet Sports Medicine

11
Idev

10
Tepha

9
A&P Technology

9
C R Bard

8
Microvention

8
Everestmedica

8
Woven Orthopedic

7

What this shows Nike is the most active filer in D04C, holding 29 of the 584 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

View data table

Top patent holders in CPC subclass D04C
Rank	Company	Patents in D04C
#1	Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.	23
#2	Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC	23
#3	Insera Therapeutics, Inc.	16
#4	Occlutech GmbH	13
#5	Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC	11
#6	IDev Technologies, Inc.	10
#7	Tepha, Inc.	9
#8	A&P Technology, Inc.	9
#9	C.R. Bard, Inc.	8
#10	MicroVention, Inc.	8
#11	EverestMedica LLC	8
#12	Woven Orthopedic Technologies, LLC	7
#13	Sequent Medical, Inc.	6
#14	Inceptus Medical, LLC	6
#15	Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.	5
#16	Ratier-figeac SAS	5
#17	Clph, LLC	5
#18	480 Biomedical Inc.	5
#19	Syntorr Inc.	5
#20	Fuse London Ltd	5

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading D04C 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 D04C assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in D04C. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near D04C's 584-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for D04C (#521 of 670 by volume ; lead share 5.0%) - not the D04 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

A21C 581 C06B 579 B42C 578 B41N 568

Nearest by lead-assignee share

G06K 5.0% A22C 5.0% E21D 5.0% H05H 4.9%

Questions about D04C

Which company holds the most patents in D04C?

Nike, Inc. leads D04C with 29 patents (3.9% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, us corporations account for 75% of class grants.

Which D04C assignees grew fastest recently?

Among assignees with ≥5 grants in D04C, Syntorr Inc. shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (3.00x: 1 grants in 2019–2021 → 3 in 2022–2024) while holding 5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

How does D04C compare inside parent class D04?

Inside D04 (BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; Non-woven Fabrics), D04C ranks #3 of 5 subclasses by grant volume and holds 9.8% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is D04H (3,452 grants).

What to do with this data

D04C in context - here's where to go next.

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. leads D04C with 23 grants in this class. See full portfolio
D04C ranks #521 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
Inside parent class D04, the largest sibling subclass is D04H with 3,452 grants. Explore D04H

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

Methodology - D04C figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (584 grants in the tracked window).

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