Overall rank by patents
#1,935
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 207 granted patents across 11 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: A43B (CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR).
The verdict
COLE holds 207 US patents across 11 technology areas, rank #1,935 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
COLE HAAN Llc has been granted 207 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing COLE HAAN Llc at rank #1,935 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 11 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 3.6 claims per patent with primary concentration in A43B (CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR). As a US Corporation, COLE HAAN Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, COLE sits between Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l. (208 patents, rank #1,931) and Korea Institute OF Machinery & Materials (207 patents, rank #1,939) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 33.9/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 148 grants, compared with 59 in the 2015–2019 window, a +151% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. COLE HAAN Llc's 3.6 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while concentration in 11 subclasses points to a focused technical program. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark COLE HAAN Llc against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
MEDTRONIC ARDIAN LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.
208 patents
Novozymes, Inc.
208 patents
Rain Bird Corporation
208 patents
Zephyros, Inc.
208 patents
FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
207 patents
FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITED
207 patents
IDEAL Industries Lighting LLC
207 patents
KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
207 patents
COLE HAAN LLC
207 patents
What this shows COLE holds 207 patents at rank #1,935, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #1,935 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in COLE's primary technology class.
COLE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
34 Top 54% higher than 46% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 2.4% |
| 2016 | 12 | 5.8% |
| 2017 | 9 | 4.3% |
| 2018 | 15 | 7.2% |
| 2019 | 18 | 8.7% |
| 2020 | 62 | 30.0% |
| 2021 | 47 | 22.7% |
| 2022 | 14 | 6.8% |
| 2023 | 8 | 3.9% |
| 2024 | 7 | 3.4% |
| 2025 | 10 | 4.8% |
Top 11 of 11 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#1,935
Across all tracked assignees
33.9 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
COLE's 207 grants land it in the top 54% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
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.