CPC technology class · Y10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered By Former Us Classification

Technical subjects covered by former us classification. 97,850 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

97,850
US patents granted: #1/2
in Y10: 82.4%
Y10 class share: -76%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Technical Subjects Covered By Former Us Classification ranks #15 of 670 CPC technology areas - 97,850 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume down 76% over five years.

#15
of 670 CPC technology areas: 97,850
US patents granted, 2015–2025: Samsung
leading assignee (1,190): -76%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How Y10T's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Y10T recorded 17,793 grants versus 74,778 in 2015–2019 (-76% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2015 at 21,466 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 2,263 (+849% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee The Boeing Company holds 1.1% of the class ; the top three share 2.7%.

Leaderboard read

Y10T concentration, lead at 1.1%

The Boeing Company leads this historical grant record at 1.1% of Y10T - us corporation assignees hold 54% of class grants (39,935 of 73,399). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share: 1.1%
Top three share: 2.7%
Lead over #2: 249

Where Y10T sits inside Y10

Among 2 subclasses in Y10 (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc), Y10T ranks #1 and holds 82.4% of the parent class's 118,707 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

Y10S 20,857

Rising assignees active in Y10T

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 RTX Corporation 662x 0 → 662 company-wide · 26 in Y10T
#2 Proterial, Ltd. 139x 0 → 139 company-wide · 7 in Y10T
#3 Assa Abloy Americas Residential Inc. 95x 0 → 95 company-wide · 9 in Y10T
#4 Solventum Intellectual Properties Company 88x 0 → 88 company-wide · 6 in Y10T
#5 TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH 68x 4 → 271 company-wide · 11 in Y10T

Y10T grants by year, peak 2015 (21,466)

US utility-patent grants per year in Y10T, 2015–2025 - recent five years are down 76% versus 2015–2019.

The Boeing

1,081
General Electric

832
Apple

756
3m Innovative…

720
Robert Bosch

570
Corning Incorporated

538
United

536
The Procter & Gamble

486
Gm Global Technology…

468
Lg Chem

426
Honeywell Internationa…

306
Airbus Operations

297

What this shows Samsung is the most active filer in Y10T, holding 1,190 of the 97,850 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 Y10T
Rank	Company	Patents in Y10T
#1	The Boeing Company	1,081
#2	General Electric Company	832
#3	Apple Inc.	756
#4	3M Innovative Properties Company	720
#5	Robert Bosch GmbH	570
#6	Corning Incorporated	538
#7	United Technologies Corporation	536
#8	The Procter & Gamble Company	486
#9	GM Global Technology Operations LLC	468
#10	LG Chem, Ltd.	426
#11	Honeywell International Inc.	306
#12	Airbus Operations Limited	297
#13	Covidien LP	295
#14	Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	291
#15	Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (HSC)	289
#16	Nike, Inc.	283
#17	Nitto Denko Corporation	280
#18	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	267
#19	Applied Materials, Inc.	258
#20	Illinois Tool Works Inc.	243

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading Y10T 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 Y10T assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in Y10T. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near Y10T's 97,850-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for Y10T (#15 of 670 by volume ; lead share 1.2%) - not the Y10 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

H10D 96,746 G06V 95,291 H04B 101,407 G06N 88,089

Nearest by lead-assignee share

E02B 1.3% A61K 1.2% Y02A 1.1% A47G 1.3%

Questions about Y10T

Which company holds the most patents in Y10T?

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. leads Y10T with 1,190 patents (1.1% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, us corporations account for 54% of class grants.

Which Y10T assignees grew fastest recently?

Among assignees with ≥5 grants in Y10T, RTX Corporation shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (662x: 0 grants in 2019–2021 → 662 in 2022–2024) while holding 26 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

How does Y10T compare inside parent class Y10?

Inside Y10 (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc), Y10T ranks #1 of 2 subclasses by grant volume and holds 82.4% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is Y10S (20,857 grants).

What to do with this data

Y10T in context - here's where to go next.

The Boeing Company leads Y10T with 1,081 grants in this class. See full portfolio
Y10T ranks #15 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
Inside parent class Y10, the largest sibling subclass is Y10S with 20,857 grants. Explore Y10S

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

Methodology - Y10T figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (97,850 grants in the tracked window).

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