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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cleversafe, Inc. ranks #2,638 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 Cleversafe, Inc. hold?

Cleversafe, Inc. holds 147 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Cleversafe, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Cleversafe, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.4 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cleversafe, Inc. focus on?

Cleversafe, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 144 patents, ranking #394 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

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

Cleversafe, Inc.'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 Cleversafe, Inc.'s patents?

Cleversafe, Inc.'s patents average 16.6 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 Cleversafe, 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

Cleversafe, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 147 granted patents across 10 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cleversafe ranks #2,638 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 147 patents across 10 technology areas.

#2,638
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.4/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2638 · US Corporation #2,638 · 147 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 147 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,638/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aircelle
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aircelle (±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 Cleversafe’s 38.4 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 17.3 pts (45%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chips & Media · near

38
Cleversafe · this assignee

38
NSE Products · near

38
Optex · near

38
Sakata Seed · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cleversafe's Innovation Score is 38.4/100 (top 41% 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 Cleversafe?

Each dot is one of Cleversafe’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). Cleversafe’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cleversafe's grants concentrate

Cleversafe, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 98% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (131 grants) versus a trough of 16 in 2016. By volume, Cleversafe sits between ZF Automotive Germany GmbH and Immunogen, Inc..

ZF Automotive Ger…

148
Aircelle

147
Angiodynamics

147
Blue Yonder Group

147
Giesecke+Devrient…

147
Hitachi Vantara

147
Hyundai Autron

147
Immunogen

147
Cleversafe ◀

147

What this shows Cleversafe holds 147 patents at rank #2,638, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cleversafe

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,638 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Cleversafe, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Cleversafe ranks #394 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Sakata Seed Corporation 38 Optex Co., Ltd. 38 Chips & Media, Inc 38 NSE Products, Inc. 38

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.6 here).

Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd. 16.6 avg Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG 16.6 avg Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 16.6 avg University OF North Texas 16.6 avg

Cleversafe's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% 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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Cleversafe, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	131	89.1%
2016	16	10.9%

Which technologies does Cleversafe, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 144

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 110

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 31

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 14

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 6

G11C - Static Stores 2

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

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 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 10 of 10 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

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

Cleversafe, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 98% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,638 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cleversafe, Inc. against ZF Automotive Germany GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.4/100 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

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