Where does Carterra, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Carterra, Inc. ranks #45,487 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 Carterra, Inc. hold?

Carterra, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Carterra, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Carterra, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.9 out of 100 (32nd 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 Carterra, Inc. focus on?

Carterra, Inc.'s top technology area is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE) with 4 patents, ranking #485 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Carterra, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Carterra, Inc.'s patents?

Carterra, Inc.'s patents average 26.6 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 Carterra, 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

Carterra, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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: B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Carterra ranks #45,487 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#45,487
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.9/100): 26.6
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45487 · US Corporation #45,487 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,487/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Carleton University
CPC-NARROW B01L · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Carleton 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 Carterra’s 29.9 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 (21%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (50%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Carterra · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Carterra's Innovation Score is 29.9/100 (32nd 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 Carterra?

Each dot is one of Carterra’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). Carterra’s own 26.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Carterra's grants concentrate

Carterra, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Carterra sits between Carleton University and Castle Global, Inc..

Carleton Universi…

5
Carollo Engineers

5
Carpin Manufactur…

5
Carrygenes Bioeng…

5
Carus

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Cassida

5
Casttv

5
Castle Global

5
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5

What this shows Carterra holds 5 patents at rank #45,755, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Carterra

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,755 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE)

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

Carterra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

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

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Carterra, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	40.0%
2019	2	40.0%
2020	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Carterra, Inc. patent most?

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 4

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

Top 6 of 6 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

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

Carterra, Inc.'s lead technology class is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01L
Ranked #45,487 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Carterra, Inc. against Carleton University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.9/100 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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