Where does 8 Rivers Capital, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 8 Rivers Capital, LLC ranks #3,387 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 8 Rivers Capital, LLC hold?

8 Rivers Capital, LLC holds 109 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 62 technology areas.

What is 8 Rivers Capital, LLC's Innovation Score?

8 Rivers Capital, LLC has an Innovation Score of 62.3 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is 8 Rivers Capital, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

8 Rivers Capital, LLC's recent grant velocity is +131% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for 8 Rivers Capital, LLC's patents?

8 Rivers Capital, LLC's patents average 20.1 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 8 Rivers Capital, 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

8 Rivers Capital, LLC

Q: What technology areas does 8 Rivers Capital, LLC focus on?

8 Rivers Capital, LLC's top technology area is F02C (Gas-turbine PLANTS; AIR Intakes FOR Jet-propulsion PLANTS; Controlling Fuel Supply IN Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants) with 63 patents, ranking #31 of 335 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 62 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 109 granted patents across 62 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: F02C (Gas-turbine PLANTS; AIR Intakes FOR Jet-propulsion PLANTS; Controlling Fuel Supply IN Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, 8 ranks #3,387 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 109 patents across 62 technology areas.

#3,387
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.3/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: +131%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3387 · US Corporation #3,387 · 109 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 109 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,387/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Arcam AB
CPC-WIDE F02C · 62 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +131% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Arcam AB (±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 8’s 62.3 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 16.2 pts (26%) Velocity 9.0 pts (14%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (19%)

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8 Rivers Capital · this assignee

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What this shows 8's Innovation Score is 62.3/100 (top 2% 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 8?

Each dot is one of 8’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). 8’s own 20.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How 8's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, 8 Rivers Capital, LLC received 67 grants versus 29 in 2015–2019 (+131% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 17 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 3. Lead class F02C accounts for 57.8% of the portfolio across 62 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (#3,383) and BL Technologies, Inc. (#3,391).

8's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, 8 Rivers Capital, LLC moved from 31 to 42 grants (1.35x 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 #569. See the growth leaderboard.

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109

What this shows 8 holds 109 patents at rank #3,387, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 8

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,387 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F02C (Gas-turbine Plants)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 8's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for 8, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F02C (Gas-turbine Plants), 8 ranks #31 of 335 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

The Florida International University Board of Trustees 62 DSM IP Assets B.V. 62 Doosan Bobcat North America, Inc. 62 University of Science and Technology Beijing 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.1 here).

Dialog Semiconductor (UK) Limited 20.1 avg Facense Ltd. 20.1 avg Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 20.1 avg Kateeva, Inc. 20.1 avg

8's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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8 Rivers Capital, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	2.8%
2016	4	3.7%
2017	7	6.4%
2018	9	8.3%
2019	6	5.5%
2020	11	10.1%
2021	14	12.8%
2022	11	10.1%
2023	14	12.8%
2024	17	15.6%
2025partial year	13	11.9%

Which technologies does 8 Rivers Capital, LLC patent most?

F02C - Gas-turbine PLANTS; AIR Intakes FOR Jet-propulsion PLANTS; Controlling Fuel Supply IN Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants 63

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 48

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 44

F01K - Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles 35

F25J - Liquefaction, Solidification OR Separation OF Gases OR Gaseous ; OR Liquefied GASEOUS; Mixtures BY Pressure AND Cold Treatment ; OR BY Bringing Them Into THE Supercritical State 30

B01D - Separation 27

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 25

F23L - Supplying AIR OR Non-combustible Liquids OR Gases TO Combustion Apparatus IN General ; Valves OR Dampers Specially Adapted FOR Controlling AIR Supply OR Draught IN Combustion Apparatus ; Inducing Draught IN Combustion APPARATUS; Tops FOR Chimneys OR Ventilating SHAFTS; Terminals FOR Flues 21

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 18

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 17

F23D - Burners 17

F23C - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR 15

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 14

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 13

F23J - Removal OR Treatment OF Combustion Products OR Combustion RESIDUES; Flues 12

Top 15 of 62 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

8 Rivers Capital, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

8 Rivers Capital, LLC's lead technology class is F02C (Gas-turbine PLANTS; AIR Intakes FOR Jet-propulsion PLANTS; Controlling Fuel Supply IN Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants), 57.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F02C
Ranked #3,387 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 8 Rivers Capital, LLC against Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.3/100 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

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

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