Where does Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC ranks #2,908 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 Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC hold?

Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC holds 131 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC's Innovation Score?

Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC has an Innovation Score of 37.1 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC focus on?

Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC's top technology area is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds) with 40 patents, ranking #15 of 728 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC's recent grant velocity is -52% 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 Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC's patents?

Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC's patents average 6.0 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 Ashley Furniture Industries, 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

Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 131 granted patents across 10 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: A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ashley ranks #2,908 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 131 patents across 10 technology areas.

#2,908
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.1/100): 6.0
avg claims per patent: -52%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2908 · US Corporation #2,908 · 131 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 131 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,908/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Brandeis University
CPC-FOCUS A47C · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -52% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Brandeis University (±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 Ashley’s 37.1 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 16.9 pts (45%) Velocity 5.5 pts (15%) Breadth 11.2 pts (30%) Claim depth 3.6 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mitsubishi Heavy… · near

37
Ashley Furniture… · this assignee

37
Dandelion Energy · near

37
Invisage · near

37
Jcbd · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ashley's Innovation Score is 37.1/100 (top 44% 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 Ashley?

Each dot is one of Ashley’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). Ashley’s own 6.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ashley's grants concentrate

Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 30.5% of grants classified under A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (29 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2024. By volume, Ashley sits between Translate BIO, Inc. and Epoch Company, Ltd..

Ashley's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC moved from 28 to 23 grants (0.82x 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 #1,762. See the growth leaderboard.

Translate BIO

132
Trinity Bay Equip…

132
Werner

132
Westrock Packagin…

132
Brandeis Universi…

131
Broan-nutone

131
Diversey

131
Epoch

131
Ashley Furniture… ◀

131

What this shows Ashley holds 131 patents at rank #2,908, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ashley

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,908 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47C (Chairs)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ashley, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47C (Chairs), Ashley ranks #15 of 728 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Dandelion Energy, Inc. 37 Invisage Technologies, Inc. 37 Jcbd, LLC 37 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool Co., Ltd. 37

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (6.0 here).

Fuerst Group, Inc. 6.0 avg Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp. 5.9 avg Infinitus (CHINA) Company Ltd. 5.9 avg Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. 6.0 avg

Ashley's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% 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.

View data table

Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	29	22.1%
2016	16	12.2%
2017	23	17.6%
2018	10	7.6%
2019	9	6.9%
2020	11	8.4%
2021	8	6.1%
2022	9	6.9%
2023	9	6.9%
2024	5	3.8%
2025partial year	2	1.5%

Which technologies does Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC patent most?

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 40

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 5

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 5

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 5

B68G - Methods, Equipment, OR Machines FOR USE IN UPHOLSTERING; Upholstery NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC's lead technology class is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds), 30.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47C
Ranked #2,908 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC against Translate BIO, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.1/100 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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