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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flipboard, Inc. ranks #4,239 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 Flipboard, Inc. hold?

Flipboard, Inc. holds 84 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Flipboard, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Flipboard, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.7 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Flipboard, Inc. focus on?

Flipboard, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 71 patents, ranking #724 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

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

Flipboard, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -89% 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 Flipboard, Inc.'s patents?

Flipboard, Inc.'s patents average 16.9 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 Flipboard, 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

Flipboard, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 84 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flipboard ranks #4,239 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 84 patents across 11 technology areas.

#4,239
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.7/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4239 · US Corporation #4,239 · 84 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 84 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,239/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cybex
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cybex GmbH (±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 Flipboard’s 37.7 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 15.3 pts (41%) Velocity 0.5 pts (1%) Breadth 11.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Flipboard · this assignee

38
Gen9 · near

38
Icron · near

38
Lucite International… · near

38
Qingdao Goertek… · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flipboard's Innovation Score is 37.7/100 (top 43% 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 Flipboard?

Each dot is one of Flipboard’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). Flipboard’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Flipboard's grants concentrate

Flipboard, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 84.5% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (25 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Flipboard sits between Cybex GmbH and Galapagos NV.

Flipboard's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Flipboard, Inc. moved from 29 to 2 grants (0.07x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Cybex

84
Datalogic USA

84
Delaware Capital…

84
Earlens

84
Festo & KG

84
GN Netcom A/S

84
Guangdong Gopod G…

84
Galapagos

84
Flipboard ◀

84

What this shows Flipboard holds 84 patents at rank #4,238, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Flipboard

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,238 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Flipboard, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Flipboard ranks #724 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Icron Technologies Corporation 38 Gen9, Inc. 38 Qingdao Goertek Technology Co., Ltd. 38 Lucite International UK Limited 38

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.9 here).

Ion Beam Applications 16.9 avg HangZhou HaiCun Information Technology Co., Ltd. 16.9 avg The Secretary of State for Defence 16.9 avg Scania CV AB 16.9 avg

Flipboard's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

View data table

Flipboard, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	8.3%
2016	12	14.3%
2017	9	10.7%
2018	25	29.8%
2019	23	27.4%
2020	3	3.6%
2021	3	3.6%
2022	1	1.2%
2023	1	1.2%

Which technologies does Flipboard, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 71

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 27

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 26

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 12

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 8

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

Top 11 of 11 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

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

Flipboard, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 84.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #4,239 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flipboard, Inc. against Cybex GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.7/100 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

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.