Where does Crocs, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Crocs, Inc. ranks #1,964 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 Crocs, Inc. hold?

Crocs, Inc. holds 204 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Crocs, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Crocs, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.5 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Crocs, Inc. focus on?

Crocs, Inc.'s top technology area is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear) with 7 patents, ranking #48 of 317 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Crocs, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +27% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Crocs, Inc.'s patents average 1.8 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 Crocs, 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

Crocs, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 204 granted patents across 6 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Crocs ranks #1,964 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 204 patents across 6 technology areas.

#1,964
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.5/100): 1.8
avg claims per patent: +27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1964 · US Corporation #1,964 · 204 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 204 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,964/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Entropic Communicati…
CPC-NARROW A43B · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Entropic Communications, 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 Crocs’s 42.5 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 18.4 pts (43%) Velocity 14.3 pts (34%) Breadth 8.7 pts (20%) Claim depth 1.1 pts (3%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Janome Sewing Machine · near

42
Actuant · near

42
Bitwave PTE · near

42
Centre Leon Berard · near

42
Crocs · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Crocs's Innovation Score is 42.5/100 (top 30% 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 Crocs?

Each dot is one of Crocs’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). Crocs’s own 1.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Crocs's grants concentrate

Crocs, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 3.4% of grants classified under A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (59 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2022. By volume, Crocs sits between Airbnb, Inc. and Kateeva, Inc..

Crocs's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Crocs, Inc. moved from 34 to 73 grants (2.15x 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 #181. See the growth leaderboard.

Airbnb

205
Beijing Voyager T…

205
Heraeus Deutschla…

205
Panasonic Automot…

205
Entropic Communic…

204
Essilor Internati…

204
Heartware

204
Kateeva

204
Crocs ◀

204

What this shows Crocs holds 204 patents at rank #1,964, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Crocs

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,964 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Crocs, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear), Crocs ranks #48 of 317 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Bitwave PTE Ltd 42 Actuant Corporation 42 Centre Leon Berard 42 Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (1.8 here).

Kimree Hi-tech Inc 1.8 avg Richemont International SA 1.8 avg Real Value LLC 1.8 avg True Fabrications, Inc. 1.9 avg

Crocs's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 30% higher than 70% 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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Crocs, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	30	14.7%
2016	18	8.8%
2017	6	2.9%
2018	14	6.9%
2019	9	4.4%
2020	8	3.9%
2021	17	8.3%
2022	5	2.5%
2023	9	4.4%
2024	59	28.9%
2025partial year	29	14.2%

Which technologies does Crocs, Inc. patent most?

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 7

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

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 2

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 2

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 1

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

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

Crocs, Inc.'s lead technology class is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear), 3.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A43B
Ranked #1,964 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Crocs, Inc. against Airbnb, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.5/100 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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