Where does Crocus Technology Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Crocus Technology Inc. ranks #10,902 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 Crocus Technology Inc. hold?

Crocus Technology Inc. holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Crocus Technology Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Crocus Technology Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.9 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Crocus Technology Inc. focus on?

Crocus Technology Inc.'s top technology area is G11C (Static Stores) with 20 patents, ranking #169 of 882 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

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

Crocus Technology Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -96% 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 Crocus Technology Inc.'s patents?

Crocus Technology Inc.'s patents average 16.5 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 Crocus Technology 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

Crocus Technology Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: G11C (Static Stores).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Crocus ranks #10,902 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 19 technology areas.

#10,902
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.9/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: -96%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10902 · US Corporation #10,902 · 28 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #10,902/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cala Health
CPC-FOCUS G11C · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -96% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cala Health, 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 Crocus’s 36.9 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 11.6 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.4 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Crocus Technology · this assignee

37
IML International · near

37
Keystone Retaining… · near

37
Qlogic · near

37
Wuxi Hisky Medical · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Crocus's Innovation Score is 36.9/100 (top 45% 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 Crocus?

Each dot is one of Crocus’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). Crocus’s own 16.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Crocus's grants concentrate

Crocus Technology Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under G11C (Static Stores). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Crocus sits between Celanese Sales Germany GMBH and Cala Health, Inc..

Celanese Sales Ge…

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Comet

28
Contech Engineere…

28
Crucialtec

28
CUE Health

28
Cyberdyne

28
Cala Health

28
Crocus Technology ◀

28

What this shows Crocus holds 28 patents at rank #10,891, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Crocus

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,891 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G11C (Static Stores)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Crocus, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G11C (Static Stores), Crocus ranks #169 of 882 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Wuxi Hisky Medical Technologies Co., Ltd. 37 IML International 37 Keystone Retaining Wall Systems, LLC 37 Qlogic Corporation 37

Crocus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Crocus Technology Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	17.9%
2016	8	28.6%
2017	9	32.1%
2018	2	7.1%
2019	3	10.7%
2021	1	3.6%

Which technologies does Crocus Technology Inc. patent most?

G11C - Static Stores 20

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 12

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 7

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 5

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 5

H03F - Amplifiers 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

H04B - Transmission 1

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

Top 15 of 19 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

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

Crocus Technology Inc.'s lead technology class is G11C (Static Stores), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G11C
Ranked #10,902 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Crocus Technology Inc. against Celanese Sales Germany GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.9/100 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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