CPC technology class · D05

D05C - Embroidering

Embroidering; tufting. 545 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

545
US patents granted: #2/3
in D05: 30.3%
D05 class share: +47%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Embroidering ranks #532 of 670 CPC technology areas - 545 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 47% over five years.

#532
of 670 CPC technology areas: 545
US patents granted, 2015–2025: Brother Kogyo
leading assignee (94): +47%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How D05C's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, D05C recorded 296 grants versus 202 in 2015–2019 (+47% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2024 at 68 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 33 (+106% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha holds 17.2% of the class ; the top three share 31.7%.

Leaderboard read

D05C concentration, lead at 17.2%

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha leads this historical grant record at 17.2% of D05C - us corporation assignees hold 51% of class grants (200 of 389). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share: 17.2%
Top three share: 31.7%
Lead over #2: 44

Where D05C sits inside D05

Among 3 subclasses in D05 (SEWING; EMBROIDERING; Tufting), D05C ranks #2 and holds 30.3% of the parent class's 1,800 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

D05B 989 D05D 266

Rising assignees active in D05C

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 Janome Corporation 21x 0 → 21 company-wide · 8 in D05C
#2 Singer Sourcing Limited LLC 10x 0 → 10 company-wide · 5 in D05C
#3 CreateMe Technologies Inc. 8.38x 8 → 67 company-wide · 7 in D05C
#4 Tuftco Corporation 5.00x 2 → 10 company-wide · 19 in D05C
#5 Tism Co., Ltd. 3.00x 0 → 3 company-wide · 5 in D05C

D05C grants by year, peak 2024 (68)

US utility-patent grants per year in D05C, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 47% versus 2015–2019.

Brother Kogyo

94
Card-monroe

50
Under Armour

29
Janome Sewing Machine

26
Columbia Insurance

24
Tuftco

19
Vandewiele

14
Inteva Products

12
Higgins Research &…

10
Groz-beckert Kg

8
Janome

8
Createme

7

What this shows Brother Kogyo is the most active filer in D05C, holding 94 of the 545 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 D05C
Rank	Company	Patents in D05C
#1	Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha	94
#2	Card-Monroe Corp.	50
#3	Under Armour, Inc.	29
#4	Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd.	26
#5	Columbia Insurance Company	24
#6	Tuftco Corporation	19
#7	Vandewiele NV	14
#8	Inteva Products, LLC	12
#9	Higgins Research & Development, LLC	10
#10	Groz-beckert KG	8
#11	Janome Corporation	8
#12	CreateMe Technologies Inc.	7
#13	Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation	6
#14	Coloreel Group AB	6
#15	ABM International, Inc.	5
#16	Interface, Inc.	5
#17	Singer Sourcing Limited LLC	5
#18	Tism Co., Ltd.	5
#19	Juki Corporation	4
#20	Tela Bio, Inc.	4

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading D05C 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 D05C assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in D05C. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near D05C's 545-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for D05C (#532 of 670 by volume ; lead share 17.2%) - not the D05 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

A21B 546 A46D 538 A63J 535 B41C 534

Nearest by lead-assignee share

F25D 17.1% C03C 16.8% H01T 16.7% D05B 16.6%

Questions about D05C

Which company holds the most patents in D05C?

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha leads D05C with 94 patents (17.2% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, us corporations account for 51% of class grants.

Which D05C assignees grew fastest recently?

Among assignees with ≥5 grants in D05C, Janome Corporation shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (21x: 0 grants in 2019–2021 → 21 in 2022–2024) while holding 8 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

How does D05C compare inside parent class D05?

Inside D05 (SEWING; EMBROIDERING; Tufting), D05C ranks #2 of 3 subclasses by grant volume and holds 30.3% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is D05B (989 grants).

What to do with this data

D05C in context - here's where to go next.

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha leads D05C with 94 grants in this class. See full portfolio
D05C ranks #532 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
Inside parent class D05, the largest sibling subclass is D05B with 989 grants. Explore D05B

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

Methodology - D05C figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (545 grants in the tracked window).

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