Where does Circle Computer Resources, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Circle Computer Resources, Inc. ranks #45,688 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 Circle Computer Resources, Inc. hold?

Circle Computer Resources, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Circle Computer Resources, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Circle Computer Resources, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.4 out of 100 (24th 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 Circle Computer Resources, Inc. focus on?

Circle Computer Resources, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 4 patents, ranking #2,514 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Circle Computer Resources, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Circle Computer Resources, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Circle Computer Resources, Inc.'s patents?

Circle Computer Resources, Inc.'s patents average 19.6 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 Circle Computer Resources, 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

Circle Computer Resources, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Circle ranks #45,688 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#45,688
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.4/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45688 · US Corporation #45,688 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,688/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cintas
CPC-NARROW H04N · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cintas Corporation (±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 Circle’s 27.4 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 (23%) Velocity 3.3 pts (12%) Breadth 6.1 pts (22%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Codman Neuro… · near

27
InSyte Systems · near

27
Circle Computer… · this assignee

27
FAM · near

27
Nanjing Medical… · near

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Circle's Innovation Score is 27.4/100 (24th 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 Circle?

Each dot is one of Circle’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). Circle’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Circle's grants concentrate

Circle Computer Resources, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). By volume, Circle sits between Cintas Corporation and Citrox Biosciences Limited.

Circle's three-year grant acceleration

Circle Computer Resources, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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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What this shows Circle holds 5 patents at rank #45,852, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Circle

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,852 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Circle, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Circle ranks #2,514 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (27 here).

Nanjing Medical University 27 InSyte Systems, Inc. 27 FAM 27 Codman Neuro Sciences Sarl 27

Circle's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

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

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Circle Computer Resources, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Circle Computer Resources, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

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

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Circle Computer Resources, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Circle Computer Resources, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #45,688 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Circle Computer Resources, Inc. against Cintas Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.4/100 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.