Where does 3form, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 3form, LLC ranks #3,584 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 3form, LLC hold?

3form, LLC holds 102 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is 3form, LLC's Innovation Score?

3form, LLC has an Innovation Score of 42.9 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does 3form, LLC focus on?

3form, LLC's top technology area is Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification) with 14 patents. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

Is 3form, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

3form, LLC's recent grant velocity is -68% 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 3form, LLC's patents?

3form, LLC's patents average 8.3 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 3form, LLC 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 US Corporation

3form, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 102 granted patents across 33 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, 3form ranks #3,584 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 102 patents across 33 technology areas.

#3,584
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.9/100): 8.3
avg claims per patent: -68%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3584 · US Corporation #3,584 · 102 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 102 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,584/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Acist Medical Systems
CPC-FOCUS Y10T · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -68% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Acist Medical Systems 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
3form · this assignee

43
Angel Playing Cards · near

43
Ferno-Washington · near

43
Uptake · near

43
Visa U · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows 3form's Innovation Score is 42.9/100 (top 30% 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.

Where 3form's grants concentrate

3form, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 13.7% of grants classified under Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (25 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, 3form sits between Synaptics Japan GK and Aveva Software, LLC.

3form's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, 3form, LLC moved from 21 to 5 grants (0.24x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,054. See the growth leaderboard.

Synaptics Japan GK

103
Totalenergies One…

103
UniversitÉ Paris…

103
Valmet Oy

103
Acist Medical Sys…

102
Amarin Pharmaceut…

102
Afero

102
Aveva Software

102
3form ◀

102

What this shows 3form holds 102 patents at rank #3,584, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 3form

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,584 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 3form's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for 3form, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Angel Playing Cards Co., Ltd. 43 Visa U.S.A. Inc. 43 Ferno-Washington, Inc. 43 Uptake Technologies, Inc. 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.3 here).

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd. 8.3 avg Alpha Corporation 8.3 avg Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd. 8.3 avg Jeol Ltd. 8.3 avg

3form's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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3form, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	25	24.5%
2016	18	17.6%
2017	16	15.7%
2018	13	12.7%
2019	2	2.0%
2020	10	9.8%
2021	9	8.8%
2022	4	3.9%
2024	1	1.0%
2025partial year	4	3.9%

Which technologies does 3form, LLC patent most?

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 14

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 10

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 8

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 8

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 7

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 5

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 5

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 5

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

B44C - Producing Decorative Effects ; MOSAICS; Tarsia Work ; Paperhanging 3

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 3

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

Top 15 of 33 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,584

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

42.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

3form, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

3form, LLC's lead technology class is Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification), 13.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y10T
Ranked #3,584 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 3form, LLC against Synaptics Japan GK, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.9/100 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

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

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