Where does 1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson ranks #38,482 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 1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson hold?

1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is 1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson's Innovation Score?

1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson has an Innovation Score of 31.9 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is 1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson's recent grant velocity is -80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for 1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson's patents?

1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson's patents average 20.0 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson

Q: What technology areas does 1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson focus on?

1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson's top technology area is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 6 patents, ranking #2,038 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the 1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson 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 PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, 1997 ranks #38,482 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 14 technology areas.

#38,482
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.9/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38482 · US Corporation #38,482 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,482/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 17 Thrasio Seventeen
CPC-FOCUS G06Q · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 17 Thrasio Seventeen, 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 1997’s 31.9 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 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.2 pts (41%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows 1997's Innovation Score is 31.9/100 (39th 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 1997?

Each dot is one of 1997’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). 1997’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

1997 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where 1997's grants concentrate

1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, 1997 sits between 17 Thrasio Seventeen, Inc. and 2028631 Ontario Inc..

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What this shows 1997 holds 6 patents at rank #38,483, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 1997

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,483 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 1997's primary technology class.

1997's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

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

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1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	16.7%
2018	2	33.3%
2019	2	33.3%
2021	1	16.7%

Which technologies does 1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson patent most?

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G07D - Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing 2

G07B - Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus 2

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 1

H04K - Secret COMMUNICATION; Jamming OF Communication 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

H04H - Broadcast Communication 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson's lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #38,482 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 1997 Irrevocable Trust for Gregory P. Benson against 17 Thrasio Seventeen, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.9/100 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

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