Where does 8479950 Canada Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 8479950 Canada Inc. ranks #38,503 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 8479950 Canada Inc. hold?

8479950 Canada Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 0 technology areas.

What is 8479950 Canada Inc.'s Innovation Score?

8479950 Canada Inc. has an Innovation Score of 7.3 out of 100 (0th 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 8479950 Canada Inc. focus on?

8479950 Canada Inc. holds grants across 0 technology areas classified under the Cooperative Patent Classification system.

Is 8479950 Canada Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

8479950 Canada Inc.'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 8479950 Canada Inc.'s patents?

8479950 Canada Inc.'s patents average 1.0 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 8479950 Canada 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 Foreign Corporation

8479950 Canada Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 0 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, 8479950 ranks #38,503 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 0 technology areas.

#38,503
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 0th percentile
by Innovation Score (7.3/100): 1.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38503 · Foreign Corporation #38,503 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-UNK · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,503/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 4C Air
CPC-UNK CPC blank
INNOV-LOW 7.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 4C Air, 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 8479950’s 7.3 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 6.7 pts (92%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 0.0 pts (0%) Claim depth 0.6 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
8479950 Canada · this assignee

7
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows 8479950's Innovation Score is 7.3/100 (0th 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 8479950?

Each dot is one of 8479950’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). 8479950’s own 1.0 claims/patent is at or below the 19.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

8479950 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where 8479950's grants concentrate

8479950 Canada Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 0 CPC subclasses . By volume, 8479950 sits between 4C Air, Inc. and A Social Company.

4C Air

6
6degrees

6
7 Hills Pharma

6
777388 Ontario

6
9051147 Canada

6
9754741 Canada

6
A Better Walker

6
A Social

6
8479950 Canada ◀

6

What this shows 8479950 holds 6 patents at rank #38,504, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 8479950

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,504 in granted patent volume.

8479950's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

7 0th percentile higher than 0% 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 · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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8479950 Canada Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	50.0%
2016	3	50.0%

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

8479950 Canada Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ranked #38,503 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 8479950 Canada Inc. against 4C Air, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 7.3/100 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

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.