Overall rank by patents
#16,536
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: H01J (ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, 1st ranks #16,536 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 5 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R16536 · US Corporation #16,536 · 17 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: 3 Strike, Llc (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
1st Detect · this assignee
30 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows 1st Detect Corporation stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-DENSE, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #16,536 of 50,000; Innovation Score 30.1/100 sits in the top 67% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is 3 Strike, Llc (±0 grants).
1st Detect Corporation has been granted 17 US utility patents between 2015 and 2019, placing 1st Detect Corporation at #16,536 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 5 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 20.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in H01J (ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS). As a US Corporation, 1st Detect Corporation is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, 1st sits between Zinniatek Limited (18 patents, rank #16,532) and ABLE World International Limited (17 patents, rank #16,540) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 30.1/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 0 grants, compared with 17 in the 2015–2019 window, a -100% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. 1st Detect Corporation's 20.4 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 5 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Zinniatek Limited
18 patents
bioMérieux, S.A.
18 patents
iPosi, Inc.
18 patents
thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH
18 patents
3 STRIKE, LLC
17 patents
3B Medical, Inc.
17 patents
ABION INC.
17 patents
ABLE WORLD INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
17 patents
1st Detect Corporation
17 patents
What this shows 1st holds 17 patents at rank #16,536, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #16,536 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in 1st's primary technology class.
1st's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
30 Top 67% higher than 33% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 | 47.1% |
| 2016 | 4 | 23.5% |
| 2017 | 3 | 17.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 5.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 5.9% |
Top 5 of 5 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#16,536
of 50,000 tracked assignees
30.1 out of 100
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