CraniUS LLC
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Cranius ranks #22,424 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 10 technology areas.
- #22,424
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 17%
- by Innovation Score (48.2/100)
- 13.7
- avg claims per patent
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R22424 · US Corporation #22,424 · 12 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
- GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
- MID-PACK #22,424/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Confluent
- CPC-FOCUS H04W · 10 areas
- INNOV-PAR 48.2/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
- BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Confluent, 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 Cranius’s 48.2 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 Cranius
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- CraniUS · this assignee
CraniUS · this assignee
48 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Cranius's Innovation Score is 48.2/100 (top 17% 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 Cranius?
Each dot is one of Cranius’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). Cranius’s own 13.7 claims/patent is at or below the 14.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.
Where Cranius's grants concentrate
CraniUS LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Cranius sits between Confluent, Inc. and Cypress Lake Software, Inc..
Cranius's three-year grant acceleration
CraniUS LLC shows 8 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.
Who files at CraniUS's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Confluent
Confluent, Inc.
12 patents
- Continental Intel…
Continental Intelligent Transportation Systems, LLC
12 patents
- Coresyte
CoreSyte, Inc.
12 patents
- Cottrell
Cottrell, Inc.
12 patents
- Curio Holding
Curio Holding Company
12 patents
- Cyan Systems
Cyan Systems
12 patents
- Cycling Sports Gr…
Cycling Sports Group, Inc.
12 patents
- Cypress Lake Soft…
Cypress Lake Software, Inc.
12 patents
- Cranius ◀
CraniUS LLC
12 patents
What this shows CraniUS holds 12 patents at rank #22,430, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near CraniUS
By rank, the assignees closest to #22,430 in granted patent volume.
- Confluent, Inc. #22,426 · 12 patents
- Continental Intelligent Transportation Systems, LLC #22,427 · 12 patents
- CoreSyte, Inc. #22,428 · 12 patents
- Cottrell, Inc. #22,429 · 12 patents
- Curio Holding Company #22,431 · 12 patents
- Cyan Systems #22,432 · 12 patents
- Cycling Sports Group, Inc. #22,433 · 12 patents
- Cypress Lake Software, Inc. #22,434 · 12 patents
Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in CraniUS's primary technology class.
- Qualcomm Incorporated 17,987 in class
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 11,683 in class
- LG Electronics Inc. 11,202 in class
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 10,885 in class
- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) 10,282 in class
- Apple Inc. 6,306 in class
- AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. 3,725 in class
- Intel Corporation 3,691 in class
Cranius's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 16.7% |
| 2023 | 3 | 25.0% |
| 2024 | 3 | 25.0% |
| 2025partial year | 4 | 33.3% |
Which technologies does CraniUS LLC patent most?
Top 10 of 10 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
CraniUS LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- CraniUS LLC's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
- Ranked #22,424 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare CraniUS LLC against Confluent, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 48.2/100 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.
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.