Where does CARS.COM, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CARS.COM, LLC ranks #45,486 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 CARS.COM, LLC hold?

CARS.COM, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is CARS.COM, LLC's Innovation Score?

CARS.COM, LLC has an Innovation Score of 31.9 out of 100 (39th 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 CARS.COM, LLC focus on?

CARS.COM, LLC's top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 4 patents, ranking #2,664 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is CARS.COM, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

CARS.COM, LLC's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 CARS.COM, LLC's patents?

CARS.COM, LLC's patents average 18.6 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 CARS.COM, 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

CARS.COM, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cars.com ranks #45,486 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#45,486
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.9/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45486 · US Corporation #45,486 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,486/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Carmel Olefins
CPC-NARROW H04W · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Carmel Olefins Ltd (±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 Cars.com’s 31.9 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 6.2 pts (19%) Velocity 6.7 pts (21%) Breadth 7.9 pts (25%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aiphone · near

32
CARS COM · this assignee

32
Clover MFG · near

32
Doppler Labs · near

32
Kane Biotech · near

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cars.com's Innovation Score is 31.9/100 (39th 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 Cars.com?

Each dot is one of Cars.com’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). Cars.com’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cars.com's grants concentrate

CARS.COM, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Cars.com sits between Carmel Olefins Ltd and Catalent Pharma Solutions, LLC.

Cars.com's three-year grant acceleration

CARS.COM, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Carmel Olefins

5
Carnegie Robotics

5
Carpe Diem

5
Carraro S P A

5
CAS

5
Case Western Univ…

5
Castle Island IP…

5
Catalent Pharma S…

5
CARS COM ◀

5

What this shows CARS.COM holds 5 patents at rank #45,452, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CARSCOM

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,452 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for CARSCOM, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), CARSCOM ranks #2,664 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

Kane Biotech Inc. 32 Doppler Labs, Inc. 32 Aiphone Co., Ltd. 32 Clover MFG. Co., Ltd. 32

Cars.com's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% 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 · 2017–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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CARS.COM, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	40.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%

Which technologies does CARS.COM, LLC patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

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 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 5 of 5 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

CARS.COM, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

CARS.COM, LLC's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #45,486 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CARS.COM, LLC against Carmel Olefins Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.9/100 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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