Where does Contour Design, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Contour Design, Inc. ranks #15,922 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 Contour Design, Inc. hold?

Contour Design, Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Contour Design, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Contour Design, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.8 out of 100 (42nd 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 Contour Design, Inc. focus on?

Contour Design, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 15 patents, ranking #2,636 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Contour Design, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -87% 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 Contour Design, Inc.'s patents?

Contour Design, Inc.'s patents average 23.2 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 Contour Design, 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

Contour Design, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, Contour ranks #15,922 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 6 technology areas.

#15,922
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.8/100): 23.2
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15922 · US Corporation #15,922 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #15,922/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CNA International
CPC-NARROW G06F · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CNA International Inc. (±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 Contour’s 32.8 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 10.2 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 13.9 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Contour Design · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Contour's Innovation Score is 32.8/100 (42nd 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Contour?

Each dot is one of Contour’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). Contour’s own 23.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Contour's grants concentrate

Contour Design, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Contour sits between CNA International Inc. and Cryptzone North America, Inc..

CNA International

18
Cnpc Engineering…

18
Comsol AB

18
Conductive Compos…

18
Controlrad Systems

18
Cordelia Lighting

18
Crescendo Biologi…

18
Cryptzone North A…

18
Contour Design ◀

18

What this shows Contour holds 18 patents at rank #15,901, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Contour

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,901 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Contour's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Contour Design, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	16.7%
2016	3	16.7%
2017	3	16.7%
2018	2	11.1%
2019	5	27.8%
2020	2	11.1%

Which technologies does Contour Design, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 15

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 6

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 3

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 3

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 3

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

Top 6 of 6 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

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

Contour Design, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #15,922 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Contour Design, Inc. against CNA International Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.8/100 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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