Where does Cathx Research Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cathx Research Ltd ranks #45,505 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 Cathx Research Ltd hold?

Cathx Research Ltd holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2021, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Cathx Research Ltd's Innovation Score?

Cathx Research Ltd has an Innovation Score of 26.2 out of 100 (20th 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 Cathx Research Ltd focus on?

Cathx Research Ltd's top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 5 patents, ranking #2,157 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cathx Research Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cathx Research Ltd'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 Cathx Research Ltd's patents?

Cathx Research Ltd's patents average 17.8 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 Cathx Research Ltd 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

Cathx Research Ltd

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2021. 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cathx ranks #45,505 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#45,505
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 20th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.2/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45505 · Foreign Corporation #45,505 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,505/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Catastrophic Creations
CPC-NARROW G06T · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Catastrophic Creations 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 Cathx’s 26.2 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 (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cathx Research · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cathx's Innovation Score is 26.2/100 (20th 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 Cathx?

Each dot is one of Cathx’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). Cathx’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cathx's grants concentrate

Cathx Research Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Cathx sits between Catastrophic Creations LLC and Celanese Polymers Holding, Inc..

Catastrophic Crea…

5
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5
Cathvision Aps

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Caveon

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Cavion

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Ce Soir Lingerie

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5
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5

What this shows Cathx holds 5 patents at rank #45,767, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cathx

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,767 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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

Cathx's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 20th percentile higher than 20% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Cathx Research Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	4	80.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Cathx Research Ltd patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Cathx Research Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cathx Research Ltd's lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #45,505 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cathx Research Ltd against Catastrophic Creations LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.2/100 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.