Where does Converse Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Converse Inc. ranks #1,323 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 Converse Inc. hold?

Converse Inc. holds 320 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Converse Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Converse Inc. has an Innovation Score of 56.6 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Converse Inc. focus on?

Converse Inc.'s top technology area is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear) with 22 patents, ranking #18 of 317 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

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

Converse Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +183% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Converse Inc.'s patents?

Converse Inc.'s patents average 2.1 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 Converse 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

Converse Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 320 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Converse ranks #1,323 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 320 patents across 22 technology areas.

#1,323
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.6/100): 2.1
avg claims per patent: +183%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1323 · US Corporation #1,323 · 320 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 320 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,323/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sandia
CPC-FOCUS A43B · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +183% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sandia Corporation (±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 Converse’s 56.6 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 19.9 pts (35%) Velocity 18.8 pts (33%) Breadth 16.6 pts (29%) Claim depth 1.3 pts (2%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tyco · near

57
Converse · this assignee

57
Imagekeeper · near

57
Nuovo Pignone… · near

57
Quantum · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Converse's Innovation Score is 56.6/100 (top 6% 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 Converse?

Each dot is one of Converse’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). Converse’s own 2.1 claims/patent is at or below the 11.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Converse's grants concentrate

Converse Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 6.9% of grants classified under A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (74 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Converse sits between LinkedIn Corporation and Amkor Technology, Inc..

Converse's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Converse Inc. moved from 61 to 172 grants (2.82x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #93. See the growth leaderboard.

Linkedin

322
Tokyo Institute o…

322
Coplus

321
Nchain Licensing

321
Southeast Univers…

320
Sumco

320
Sandia

320
Converse ◀

320
Amkor Technology

319

What this shows Converse holds 320 patents at rank #1,323, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Converse

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,323 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Converse, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear), Converse ranks #18 of 317 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Quantum Corporation 57 Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie S.R.L. 57 Imagekeeper LLC 57 Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (2.1 here).

Woojin Plastic Co., Ltd. 2.1 avg Saucony, Inc. 2.1 avg Babyliss Faco SRL 2.1 avg Shenzhen Eigate Technology Co., Ltd. 2.1 avg

Converse's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

Converse Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	1.6%
2016	2	0.6%
2017	44	13.8%
2018	15	4.7%
2019	12	3.8%
2020	40	12.5%
2021	9	2.8%
2022	36	11.3%
2023	74	23.1%
2024	62	19.4%
2025partial year	21	6.6%

Which technologies does Converse Inc. patent most?

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 22

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 9

A43C - Fastenings OR Attachments OF FOOTWEAR; Laces IN General 6

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 5

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 4

A43D - Machines, Tools, Equipment OR Methods FOR Manufacturing OR Repairing Footwear 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 2

D06N - Wall, Floor, OR Like Covering Materials, e.g. Linoleum, Oilcloth, Artificial Leather, Roofing Felt, Consisting OF A Fibrous WEB Coated With A Layer OF Macromolecular MATERIAL; Flexible Sheet Material NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 1

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 1

Top 15 of 22 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

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

Converse Inc.'s lead technology class is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear), 6.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A43B
Ranked #1,323 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Converse Inc. against LinkedIn Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.6/100 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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