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Comfort Research, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 65 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Comfort ranks #5,269 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 65 patents across 2 technology areas.

#5,269
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.7/100)
1.1
avg claims per patent
-75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5269 · US Corporation #5,269 · 65 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-SMALL 65 grants
  • UPPER-Q #5,269/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bridgestone Bandag
  • CPC-NARROW A47C · 2 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 20.7/100
  • CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.1 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • VEL-DROP -75% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bridgestone Bandag, 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.

How Comfort’s 20.7 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Comfort

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Comfort's Innovation Score is 20.7/100 (7th 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Comfort?

Each dot is one of Comfort’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). Comfort’s own 1.1 claims/patent is at or below the 13.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Comfort vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 64.965.065.06565.065.065.1 0510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Bridgestone Bandag, LLC - 65, 10.2Bridgestone BandagConsejo Nacional DE Investigaciones CIENTÍFICAS Y TÉCNICAS (CONICET) - 65, 11.35Consejo Nacional…Croda International PLC - 65, 16.42Croda Internation…Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc. - 65, 17.85Cigna Intellectua…Cupp Computing AS - 65, 20.46Cupp Computing ASDRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC - 65, 17.09DRS Network & Ima…Darex, LLC - 65, 12.88DarexDeciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC - 65, 13.48Deciphera Pharmac…Comfort Research, LLC - 65, 1.12Comfort Research
Comfort vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Comfort's grants concentrate

Comfort Research, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 7.7% of grants classified under A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (27 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Comfort sits between Bridgestone Bandag, LLC and Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC.

Comfort's three-year grant acceleration

Comfort Research, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Who files at Comfort's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Comfort holds 65 patents at rank #5,271, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Comfort

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,271 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47C (Chairs)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Comfort, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47C (Chairs), Comfort ranks #181 of 728 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (21 here).

Fluid Components International LLC 21 W. Kordes' SÖHNE Rosenschulen GmbH & Co KG 21 Robinson Home Products Inc. 21 Farpointe Data, Inc. 21

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (1.1 here).

Birkenstock IP GmbH 1.1 avg Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC 1.1 avg Rothy's, Inc 1.1 avg Flos S.P.A. 1.1 avg

Comfort's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 7th percentile higher than 7% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Comfort Research, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2015 6 9.2%
2016 11 16.9%
2017 27 41.5%
2018 8 12.3%
2020 1 1.5%
2021 11 16.9%
2023 1 1.5%

Which technologies does Comfort Research, LLC patent most?

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Comfort Research, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Comfort Research, LLC's lead technology class is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds), 7.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47C
  • Ranked #5,269 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Comfort Research, LLC against Bridgestone Bandag, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 20.7/100 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

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.