Where does Cardlab APS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cardlab APS ranks #18,467 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 Cardlab APS hold?

Cardlab APS holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Cardlab APS's Innovation Score?

Cardlab APS has an Innovation Score of 30.0 out of 100 (33rd 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 Cardlab APS focus on?

Cardlab APS's top technology area is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers) with 13 patents, ranking #172 of 1,953 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cardlab APS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cardlab APS's recent grant velocity is +14% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Cardlab APS's patents?

Cardlab APS's patents average 17.4 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 Cardlab APS 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

Cardlab APS

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cardlab ranks #18,467 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 8 technology areas.

#18,467
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.0/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: +14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18467 · Foreign Corporation #18,467 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,467/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CAILabs
CPC-NARROW G06K · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CAILabs (±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 Cardlab’s 30.0 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 9.6 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cardlab APS · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cardlab's Innovation Score is 30.0/100 (33rd 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 Cardlab?

Each dot is one of Cardlab’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). Cardlab’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cardlab's grants concentrate

Cardlab APS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Cardlab sits between CAILabs and Centralsquare Technologies, LLC.

Cailabs

15
CAN

15
CAR Mate MFG

15
Cardiothrive

15
Caruse Design

15
Carux Technology…

15
CDK Global

15
Centralsquare

15
Cardlab APS ◀

15

What this shows Cardlab holds 15 patents at rank #18,464, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cardlab

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,464 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06K (Graphical Data Reading)

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

Cardlab's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Cardlab APS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.7%
2017	2	13.3%
2018	3	20.0%
2019	1	6.7%
2020	5	33.3%
2021	3	20.0%

Which technologies does Cardlab APS patent most?

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 13

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 7

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 7

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

H04K - Secret COMMUNICATION; Jamming OF Communication 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Cardlab APS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cardlab APS's lead technology class is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06K
Ranked #18,467 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cardlab APS against CAILabs, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.0/100 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.