Where does 1708828 Ontario Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 1708828 Ontario Ltd. ranks #38,479 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does 1708828 Ontario Ltd. hold?

1708828 Ontario Ltd. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is 1708828 Ontario Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

1708828 Ontario Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 32.2 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does 1708828 Ontario Ltd. focus on?

1708828 Ontario Ltd.'s top technology area is E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting) with 2 patents, ranking #182 of 348 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is 1708828 Ontario Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

1708828 Ontario Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for 1708828 Ontario Ltd.'s patents?

1708828 Ontario Ltd.'s patents average 15.8 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the 1708828 Ontario Ltd. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

1708828 Ontario Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, 1708828 ranks #38,479 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 7 technology areas.

#38,479
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.2/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38479 · Foreign Corporation #38,479 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,479/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 02Micro
CPC-NARROW E02F · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 02Micro Inc. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How 1708828’s 32.2 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 6.7 pts (21%) Velocity 6.7 pts (21%) Breadth 9.4 pts (29%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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1708828 Ontario · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows 1708828's Innovation Score is 32.2/100 (40th percentile of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for 1708828?

Each dot is one of 1708828’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). 1708828’s own 15.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

1708828 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where 1708828's grants concentrate

1708828 Ontario Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting). By volume, 1708828 sits between 02Micro Inc. and 19labs Inc..

1708828's three-year grant acceleration

1708828 Ontario Ltd. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

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What this shows 1708828 holds 6 patents at rank #38,480, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 1708828

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,480 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E02F (Dredging)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 1708828's primary technology class.

1708828's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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1708828 Ontario Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%

Which technologies does 1708828 Ontario Ltd. patent most?

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 2

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 2

E01H - Street CLEANING; Cleaning OF Permanent WAYS; Cleaning BEACHES; Dispersing ; OR PREVENTING; FOG IN General ; Cleaning Street OR Railway Furniture OR Tunnel Walls 2

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

A01F - Processing OF Harvested PRODUCE; HAY OR Straw PRESSES; Devices FOR Storing Agricultural OR Horticultural Produce 1

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

1708828 Ontario Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

1708828 Ontario Ltd.'s lead technology class is E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E02F
Ranked #38,479 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 1708828 Ontario Ltd. against 02Micro Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.2/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

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

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.