Where does 7-eleven, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 7-eleven, Inc. ranks #2,305 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 7-eleven, Inc. hold?

7-eleven, Inc. holds 169 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 43 technology areas.

What is 7-eleven, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

7-eleven, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 70.7 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does 7-eleven, Inc. focus on?

7-eleven, Inc.'s top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 93 patents, ranking #174 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 43 CPC subclasses total.

Is 7-eleven, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

7-eleven, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +7000% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for 7-eleven, Inc.'s patents?

7-eleven, Inc.'s patents average 19.2 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 7-eleven, Inc. 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

7-eleven, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 169 granted patents across 43 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, 7-eleven ranks #2,305 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 169 patents across 43 technology areas.

#2,305
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (70.7/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: +7000%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2305 · US Corporation #2,305 · 169 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 169 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,305/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Agfa
CPC-WIDE G06T · 43 areas
INNOV-STRONG 70.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +7000% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Agfa NV (±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 7-eleven’s 70.7 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 17.7 pts (25%) Velocity 18.2 pts (26%) Breadth 23.2 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lyten · near

71
7-eleven · this assignee

71
Splunk · near

71
Totalenergies Onetech · near

71
Beijing Tusen Zhitu… · near

71
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows 7-eleven's Innovation Score is 70.7/100 (top 1% 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 7-eleven?

Each dot is one of 7-eleven’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). 7-eleven’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where 7-eleven's grants concentrate

7-eleven, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 43 CPC subclasses with 55% of grants classified under G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (39 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, 7-eleven sits between Spectranetics LLC and Bragi GmbH.

7-eleven's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, 7-eleven, Inc. moved from 38 to 104 grants (2.74x 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 #100. See the growth leaderboard.

Spectranetics

170
Sumitomo Bakelite

170
Sungrow Power Sup…

170
Ultrahaptics IP T…

170
Asahi Kasei Chemi…

169
Agfa

169
Blueowl

169
Bragi

169
7-eleven ◀

169

What this shows 7-eleven holds 169 patents at rank #2,305, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 7-eleven

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,305 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 7-eleven's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for 7-eleven, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation), 7-eleven ranks #174 of 6,389 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (71 here).

Splunk Inc. 71 Totalenergies Onetech 71 Beijing Tusen Zhitu Technology Co., Ltd. 71 Lyten, Inc. 71

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

Titan Medical Inc. 19.2 avg Inphi Corporation 19.2 avg Disney Enterprises, Inc. 19.2 avg Exelis Inc. 19.2 avg

7-eleven's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

71 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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7-eleven, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	0.6%
2018	1	0.6%
2020	13	7.7%
2021	25	14.8%
2022	27	16.0%
2023	39	23.1%
2024	38	22.5%
2025partial year	25	14.8%

Which technologies does 7-eleven, Inc. patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 93

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 89

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 78

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 49

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 29

G01G - Weighing 23

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 21

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 16

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 11

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 11

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 8

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 5

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

Top 15 of 43 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

7-eleven, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

7-eleven, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 55% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #2,305 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 7-eleven, Inc. against Spectranetics LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 70.7/100 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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