Where does Crayola LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Crayola LLC ranks #3,559 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 Crayola LLC hold?

Crayola LLC holds 103 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 67 technology areas.

What is Crayola LLC's Innovation Score?

Crayola LLC has an Innovation Score of 53.1 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Crayola LLC focus on?

Crayola LLC's top technology area is B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing) with 31 patents, ranking #5 of 82 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 67 CPC subclasses total.

Is Crayola LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Crayola LLC's recent grant velocity is -23% 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 Crayola LLC's patents?

Crayola LLC's patents average 14.4 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 Crayola LLC 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

Crayola LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 103 granted patents across 67 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: B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Crayola ranks #3,559 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 103 patents across 67 technology areas.

#3,559
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.1/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: -23%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3559 · US Corporation #3,559 · 103 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 103 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,559/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Celgene Quanticel…
CPC-WIDE B43K · 67 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -23% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Celgene Quanticel Research, 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 Crayola’s 53.1 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 16.0 pts (30%) Velocity 3.4 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
InContact · near

53
Mbda UK · near

53
Nidec Tosok · near

53
Crayola · this assignee

53
Merry (Shenzhen) · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Crayola's Innovation Score is 53.1/100 (top 9% 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 Crayola?

Each dot is one of Crayola’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). Crayola’s own 14.4 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Crayola's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Crayola LLC received 43 grants versus 56 in 2015–2019 (-23% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 17 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 4. Lead class B43K accounts for 30.1% of the portfolio across 67 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Wilson Electronics, LLC (#3,555) and FlatFrog Laboratories AB (#3,563).

Crayola's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Crayola LLC moved from 35 to 18 grants (0.51x 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 #2,658. See the growth leaderboard.

Wilson

104
Xiamen Pvtech

104
Yuyama Mfg

104
Celgene Quanticel…

103
Evogene

103
Flos S P A

103
Fastly

103
Flatfrog Laborato…

103
Crayola ◀

103

What this shows Crayola holds 103 patents at rank #3,559, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Crayola

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,559 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Crayola, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing), Crayola ranks #5 of 82 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Nidec Tosok Corporation 53 InContact Inc. 53 Mbda UK Limited 53 Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.4 here).

Chr. Hansen A/S 14.4 avg Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc. 14.4 avg AXENS 14.4 avg Washington State University 14.4 avg

Crayola's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% 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.

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Crayola LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	9.7%
2016	11	10.7%
2017	14	13.6%
2018	11	10.7%
2019	10	9.7%
2020	17	16.5%
2021	8	7.8%
2022	7	6.8%
2023	4	3.9%
2024	7	6.8%
2025partial year	4	3.9%

Which technologies does Crayola LLC patent most?

B43K - Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing 31

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 16

A63H - Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks 15

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 11

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 11

B43L - Articles FOR Writing OR Drawing UPON; ; Writing OR Drawing AIDS;; Accessories FOR Writing OR Drawing 11

B44D - Painting OR Artistic Drawing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preserving PAINTINGS; Surface Treatment TO Obtain Special Artistic Surface Effects OR Finishes 10

B44C - Producing Decorative Effects ; MOSAICS; Tarsia Work ; Paperhanging 10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 8

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 8

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 7

B44B - Machines, Apparatus OR Tools FOR Artistic Work, e.g. FOR Sculpturing, Guilloching, Carving, Branding, Inlaying 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 6

Top 15 of 67 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

Crayola LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Crayola LLC's lead technology class is B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing), 30.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B43K
Ranked #3,559 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Crayola LLC against Wilson Electronics, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.1/100 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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