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CPC technology class · F16

F16N - Lubricating

Lubricating. 1,760 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

1,760
US patents granted
#11/14
in F16
1.3%
F16 class share
+44%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lubricating ranks #386 of 670 CPC technology areas - 1,760 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 44% over five years.

#386
of 670 CPC technology areas
1,760
US patents granted, 2015–2025
Pratt & Whitney Canada
leading assignee (56)
+44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How F16N's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, F16N recorded 931 grants versus 647 in 2015–2019 (+44% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2021 at 194 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 111 (+75% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. holds 3.2% of the class ; the top three share 6.9%.

Leaderboard read

F16N concentration, lead at 3.2%

Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. leads this historical grant record at 3.2% of F16N - foreign corporation assignees hold 55% of class grants (323 of 590). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share
3.2%

56 of 1,760 grants

Top three share
6.9%

of the class's recorded grants

Lead over #2
21

more grants than Lincoln Industrial Corporation

Where F16N sits inside F16

Among 14 subclasses in F16 (Engineering Elements AND UNITS; General Measures FOR Producing AND Maintaining Effective Functioning OF Machines OR INSTALLATIONS; Thermal Insulation IN General), F16N ranks #11 and holds 1.3% of the parent class's 137,714 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

F16H 27,860 F16K 17,624 F16L 16,791 F16D 15,330 F16B 14,787 F16C 14,627 F16F 10,113 F16M 8,559

Rising assignees active in F16N

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 Dodge Industrial Inc. 17x 0 → 17 company-wide · 5 in F16N
  2. #2 Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co., Ltd. 8.92x 12 → 107 company-wide · 11 in F16N
  3. #3 Dana Italia S.R.L. 4.73x 11 → 52 company-wide · 6 in F16N
  4. #4 Compass Systems & Sales, LLC 4.00x 0 → 4 company-wide · 5 in F16N
  5. #5 GE Avio S.R.L. 3.32x 31 → 103 company-wide · 7 in F16N

F16N grants by year, peak 2021 (194)

US utility-patent grants per year in F16N, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 44% versus 2015–2019.

100120140160180200 20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 137

Who leads F16N?

The 12 most active assignees in Lubricating - wider bars mean more grants

patents

What this shows Pratt & Whitney Canada is the most active filer in F16N, holding 56 of the 1,760 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 F16N
Rank Company Patents in F16N
#1 Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. 56
#2 Lincoln Industrial Corporation 35
#3 Graco Minnesota Inc. 30
#4 SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH 24
#5 Cummins Filtration IP, Inc. 13
#6 Downing Wellhead Equipment, LLC 12
#7 Dropsa S.p.A. 12
#8 Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co., Ltd. 11
#9 RPM Industries, LLC 11
#10 MANN+HUMMEL GmbH 9
#11 Perma-tec GMBH & Co. KG 9
#12 Safran Aero Boosters 8
#13 Castrol Limited 8
#14 Ingersoll-Rand Company 7
#15 GE Avio S.R.L. 7
#16 Safran Transmission Systems 7
#17 C.C. Jensen A/S 7
#18 Edwards Limited 6
#19 Dana Italia S.R.L. 6
#20 Petromac IP Limited 6

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading F16N 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 F16N assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in F16N. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes). Scatter plot of 14 data points (bubble-sized by third dimension). 1015202530 0204060 Patents in F16N Avg claims / patent (company-wide) Pratt & Whitney CanadaLincoln IndustrialGraco MinnesotaSkf Lubrication…Cummins Filtration IpDowning Wellhead…Dropsa S p AYantai Jereh…Rpm IndustriesMann+HummelPerma-tec & KgSafran Aero BoostersCastrolIngersoll-rand
Top 14 F16N assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in F16N. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near F16N's 1,760-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for F16N (#386 of 670 by volume ; lead share 3.2%) - not the F16 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

F23N 1,763 B44C 1,788 F25J 1,732 A01F 1,791

Nearest by lead-assignee share

C30B 3.2% F03B 3.2% G06V 3.2% G01S 3.2%

Questions about F16N

Which company holds the most patents in F16N?
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. leads F16N with 56 patents (3.2% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, foreign corporations account for 55% of class grants.
Which F16N assignees grew fastest recently?
Among assignees with ≥5 grants in F16N, Dodge Industrial Inc. shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (17x: 0 grants in 2019–2021 → 17 in 2022–2024) while holding 5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.
How does F16N compare inside parent class F16?
Inside F16 (Engineering Elements AND UNITS; General Measures FOR Producing AND Maintaining Effective Functioning OF Machines OR INSTALLATIONS; Thermal Insulation IN General), F16N ranks #11 of 14 subclasses by grant volume and holds 1.3% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is F16H (27,860 grants).

What to do with this data

F16N in context - here's where to go next.

  • Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. leads F16N with 56 grants in this class. See full portfolio
  • F16N ranks #386 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
  • Inside parent class F16, the largest sibling subclass is F16H with 27,860 grants. Explore F16H

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

Methodology - F16N figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (1,760 grants in the tracked window).

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