Where does 6115187 Canada rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 6115187 Canada ranks #44,318 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 6115187 Canada hold?

6115187 Canada holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2019, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is 6115187 Canada's Innovation Score?

6115187 Canada has an Innovation Score of 21.3 out of 100 (8th 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 6115187 Canada focus on?

6115187 Canada's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 3 patents, ranking #2,924 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is 6115187 Canada's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

6115187 Canada's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 6115187 Canada's patents?

6115187 Canada's patents average 13.4 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 6115187 Canada 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

6115187 Canada

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2019. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, 6115187 ranks #44,318 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#44,318
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.3/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44318 · Foreign Corporation #44,318 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,318/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 5N PlUS
CPC-NARROW H04N · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 5N PlUS 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 6115187’s 21.3 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 6.2 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (33%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (38%)

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What this shows 6115187's Innovation Score is 21.3/100 (8th 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 6115187?

Each dot is one of 6115187’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). 6115187’s own 13.4 claims/patent is at or below the 15.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

6115187 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where 6115187's grants concentrate

6115187 Canada is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, 6115187 sits between 5N PlUS Inc. and 9013733 Canada Inc..

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What this shows 6115187 holds 5 patents at rank #44,322, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 6115187

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,322 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 6115187's primary technology class.

6115187's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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6115187 Canada patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2019	4	80.0%

Which technologies does 6115187 Canada patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

6115187 Canada's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

6115187 Canada's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #44,318 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 6115187 Canada against 5N PlUS Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.3/100 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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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.