Where does Combe Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Combe Incorporated ranks #39,560 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 Combe Incorporated hold?

Combe Incorporated holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Combe Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Combe Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 36.3 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Combe Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Combe Incorporated's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Combe Incorporated's patents?

Combe Incorporated's patents average 23.7 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 Combe Incorporated 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

Combe Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does Combe Incorporated focus on?

Combe Incorporated's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Combe ranks #39,560 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#39,560
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.3/100): 23.7
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39560 · US Corporation #39,560 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #39,560/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Coloreel Group AB
CPC-NARROW A61K · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Coloreel Group AB (±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
Combe Incorporated · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Combe's Innovation Score is 36.3/100 (top 47% 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 Combe's grants concentrate

Combe Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Combe sits between Coloreel Group AB and Computer Protection IP, LLC.

Combe's three-year grant acceleration

Combe Incorporated shows 1 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.

Coloreel Group AB

6
COLTÈNE/Whaledent

6
Comac America

6
Comarco Wireless

6
Comer Industries…

6
Commercial Energy…

6
Commsolid

6
Computer Protecti…

6
Combe Incorporated ◀

6

What this shows Combe holds 6 patents at rank #39,414, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Combe

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,414 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Combe's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Combe Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	50.0%
2018	2	33.3%
2023	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Combe Incorporated patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 4

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 1

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#39,560

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

36.3 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

Combe Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Combe Incorporated's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #39,560 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Combe Incorporated against Coloreel Group AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.3/100 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.