Where does Circle Internet Financial, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Circle Internet Financial, LLC ranks #26,005 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 Internet Financial, LLC hold?

Circle Internet Financial, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Circle Internet Financial, LLC's Innovation Score?

Circle Internet Financial, LLC has an Innovation Score of 46.1 out of 100 (top 22% 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 Internet Financial, LLC focus on?

Circle Internet Financial, LLC's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 7 patents, ranking #3,127 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Circle Internet Financial, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Circle Internet Financial, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Circle Internet Financial, LLC's patents?

Circle Internet Financial, LLC's patents average 19.5 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 Internet Financial, 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

Circle Internet Financial, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Circle ranks #26,005 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 3 technology areas.

#26,005
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (46.1/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26005 · US Corporation #26,005 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,005/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CHS
CPC-NARROW H04L · 3 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CHS, Inc. (±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 46.1 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 8.3 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (43%) Breadth 6.1 pts (13%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Circle Internet… · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Circle's Innovation Score is 46.1/100 (top 22% 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 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.5 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 Internet Financial, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 70% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Circle sits between CHS, Inc. and Clariant Catalysts (JAPAN) K.K..

Circle's three-year grant acceleration

Circle Internet Financial, LLC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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 10 patents at rank #25,972, 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 #25,972 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Circle's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Circle Internet Financial, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	1	10.0%
2024	5	50.0%
2025partial year	4	40.0%

Which technologies does Circle Internet Financial, LLC patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

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 6

Top 3 of 3 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

Circle Internet Financial, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Circle Internet Financial, LLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 70% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #26,005 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Circle Internet Financial, LLC against CHS, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.1/100 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.