Where does Cleats LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cleats LLC ranks #31,229 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 Cleats LLC hold?

Cleats LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Cleats LLC's Innovation Score?

Cleats LLC has an Innovation Score of 20.9 out of 100 (8th 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 Cleats LLC focus on?

Cleats LLC's top technology area is A43C (Fastenings OR Attachments OF FOOTWEAR; Laces IN General) with 8 patents. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cleats LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cleats LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Cleats LLC's patents?

Cleats LLC's patents average 13.9 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 Cleats 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

Cleats LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: A43C (Fastenings OR Attachments OF FOOTWEAR; Laces IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cleats ranks #31,229 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 2 technology areas.

#31,229
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.9/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31229 · US Corporation #31,229 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,229/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Class AND Culture
CPC-NARROW A43C · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Class AND Culture 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cleats · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cleats's Innovation Score is 20.9/100 (8th 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.

Where Cleats's grants concentrate

Cleats LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A43C (Fastenings OR Attachments OF FOOTWEAR; Laces IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Cleats sits between Class AND Culture LLC and CMA Macchine per Caffé S.r.l..

Class AND Culture

8
Clean Planet

8
Cleantek Industri…

8
Clearslide

8
Climeon AB

8
Clinical Genomics…

8
CLS Therapeutics

8
CMA Macchine per…

8
Cleats ◀

8

What this shows Cleats holds 8 patents at rank #31,176, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cleats

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,176 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A43C (Fastenings OR Attachments OF Footwear)

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

Cleats's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Cleats LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	37.5%
2016	5	62.5%

Which technologies does Cleats LLC patent most?

A43C - Fastenings OR Attachments OF FOOTWEAR; Laces IN General 8

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 4

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#31,229

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

20.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Cleats LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cleats LLC's lead technology class is A43C (Fastenings OR Attachments OF FOOTWEAR; Laces IN General), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A43C
Ranked #31,229 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cleats LLC against Class AND Culture LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.9/100 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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