Where does Annie International, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Annie International, Inc. ranks #30,838 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 Annie International, Inc. hold?

Annie International, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Annie International, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Annie International, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 17.4 out of 100 (4th 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 Annie International, Inc. focus on?

Annie International, Inc.'s top technology area is A42B (HATS; Head Coverings) with 1 patents. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Annie International, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Annie International, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Annie International, Inc.'s patents?

Annie International, Inc.'s patents average 2.5 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 Annie International, 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

Annie International, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: A42B (HATS; Head Coverings).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Annie ranks #30,838 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 2 technology areas.

#30,838
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 4th percentile
by Innovation Score (17.4/100): 2.5
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30838 · US Corporation #30,838 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #30,838/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Angel Secure Networks
CPC-NARROW A42B · 2 areas
INNOV-LOW 17.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Angel Secure Networks, 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
Annie International · this assignee

17
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Annie's Innovation Score is 17.4/100 (4th 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.

Where Annie's grants concentrate

Annie International, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 12.5% of grants classified under A42B (HATS; Head Coverings). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Annie sits between Angel Secure Networks, Inc. and Aon Benfield Inc..

Annie's three-year grant acceleration

Annie International, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Angel Secure Netw…

8
Angstrom Science

8
Anicast RM

8
Anlotek

8
Anonos

8
Anschutz Explorat…

8
Anterios

8
Aon Benfield

8
Annie Internation… ◀

8

What this shows Annie holds 8 patents at rank #30,900, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Annie

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,900 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A42B (HATS)

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

Annie's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

17 4th percentile higher than 4% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Annie International, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	12.5%
2017	1	12.5%
2018	3	37.5%
2019	2	25.0%
2023	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Annie International, Inc. patent most?

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 1

A42C - Manufacturing OR Trimming Head Coverings, e.g. Hats 1

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#30,838

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

17.4 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

Annie International, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Annie International, Inc.'s lead technology class is A42B (HATS; Head Coverings), 12.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A42B
Ranked #30,838 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Annie International, Inc. against Angel Secure Networks, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 17.4/100 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.