Where does Frictionless World, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Frictionless World, LLC ranks #19,790 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 Frictionless World, LLC hold?

Frictionless World, LLC holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Frictionless World, LLC's Innovation Score?

Frictionless World, LLC has an Innovation Score of 27.6 out of 100 (24th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Frictionless World, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Frictionless World, LLC's recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Frictionless World, LLC's patents?

Frictionless World, LLC's patents average 10.8 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 Frictionless World, 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

Frictionless World, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Frictionless World, LLC focus on?

Frictionless World, LLC's top technology area is B27L (Removing Bark OR Vestiges OF Branches ; Splitting WOOD; Manufacture OF Veneer, Wooden Sticks, Wood Shavings, Wood Fibres OR Wood Powder) with 7 patents, ranking #2 of 29 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: B27L (Removing Bark OR Vestiges OF Branches ; Splitting WOOD; Manufacture OF Veneer, Wooden Sticks, Wood Shavings, Wood Fibres OR Wood Powder).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Frictionless ranks #19,790 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 11 technology areas.

#19,790
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.6/100): 10.8
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19790 · US Corporation #19,790 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,790/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Foshan Ideal
CPC-FOCUS B27L · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Foshan Ideal Co., Ltd. (±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 Frictionless’s 27.6 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 9.4 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Frictionless World · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Frictionless's Innovation Score is 27.6/100 (24th percentile 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 Frictionless?

Each dot is one of Frictionless’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). Frictionless’s own 10.8 claims/patent is at or below the 13.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Frictionless's grants concentrate

Frictionless World, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B27L (Removing Bark OR Vestiges OF Branches ; Splitting WOOD; Manufacture OF Veneer, Wooden Sticks, Wood Shavings, Wood Fibres OR Wood Powder). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Frictionless sits between Foshan Ideal Co., Ltd. and G-form LLC.

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Fox Digital Enter…

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Frequency Therape…

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Friday Harbor

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Fuyu Technology (…

14
G-form

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Frictionless World ◀

14

What this shows Frictionless holds 14 patents at rank #19,794, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Frictionless

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,794 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B27L (Removing Bark OR Vestiges OF Branches)

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

Frictionless's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Frictionless World, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	21.4%
2017	2	14.3%
2018	4	28.6%
2019	3	21.4%
2020	2	14.3%

Which technologies does Frictionless World, LLC patent most?

B27L - Removing Bark OR Vestiges OF Branches ; Splitting WOOD; Manufacture OF Veneer, Wooden Sticks, Wood Shavings, Wood Fibres OR Wood Powder 7

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 3

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 3

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 3

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 2

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

B27B - Saws FOR Wood OR Similar MATERIAL; Components OR Accessories Therefor 1

B27M - Working OF Wood NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses B27b - B27L; Manufacture OF Specific Wooden Articles 1

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

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

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Frictionless World, LLC's lead technology class is B27L (Removing Bark OR Vestiges OF Branches ; Splitting WOOD; Manufacture OF Veneer, Wooden Sticks, Wood Shavings, Wood Fibres OR Wood Powder), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B27L
Ranked #19,790 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Frictionless World, LLC against Foshan Ideal Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.6/100 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

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