Where does Caire Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Caire Inc. ranks #24,046 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 Caire Inc. hold?

Caire Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Caire Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Caire Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.6 out of 100 (35th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Caire Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -62% 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 Caire Inc.'s patents?

Caire Inc.'s patents average 15.3 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 Caire 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

Caire Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Caire Inc. focus on?

Caire Inc.'s top technology area is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor) with 10 patents, ranking #701 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Caire ranks #24,046 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 9 technology areas.

#24,046
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.6/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24046 · US Corporation #24,046 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,046/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cable FIX
CPC-NARROW A61M · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cable FIX LLC (±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 Caire’s 30.6 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 8.6 pts (28%) Velocity 2.2 pts (7%) Breadth 10.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Caire · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Caire's Innovation Score is 30.6/100 (35th 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 Caire?

Each dot is one of Caire’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). Caire’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Caire's grants concentrate

Caire Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 90.9% of grants classified under A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Caire sits between C.H.&I. Technologies, Inc. and Carbice Corporation.

Caire's three-year grant acceleration

Caire Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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11
Cable FIX

11
Cadbury UK

11
Caeleste Cvba

11
Calico Cottage

11
Cane' S P A

11
Canon Precision

11
Carbice

11
Caire ◀

11

What this shows Caire holds 11 patents at rank #24,044, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Caire

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,044 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Caire's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

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

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Caire Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	27.3%
2018	4	36.4%
2019	1	9.1%
2021	2	18.2%
2022	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Caire Inc. patent most?

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 10

B01D - Separation 9

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 5

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 4

F01C - Rotary-piston OR Oscillating-piston Machines OR Engines 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

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 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

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 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Caire Inc.'s lead technology class is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor), 90.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #24,046 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Caire Inc. against C.H.&I. Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.6/100 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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