Where does Geotab Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Geotab Inc. ranks #1,490 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 Geotab Inc. hold?

Geotab Inc. holds 279 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 52 technology areas.

What is Geotab Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Geotab Inc. has an Innovation Score of 75.9 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Geotab Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +1194% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Geotab Inc.'s patents average 19.1 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 Geotab 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 Foreign Corporation

Geotab Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Geotab Inc. focus on?

Geotab Inc.'s top technology area is G07C (Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere) with 136 patents, ranking #6 of 1,508 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 52 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 279 granted patents across 52 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: G07C (Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FO).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Geotab ranks #1,490 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 279 patents across 52 technology areas.

#1,490
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (75.9/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: +1194%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1490 · Foreign Corporation #1,490 · 279 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 279 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,490/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Astrazeneca AB
CPC-WIDE G07C · 52 areas
INNOV-STRONG 75.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1194% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Astrazeneca AB (±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 Geotab’s 75.9 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 19.5 pts (26%) Velocity 20.0 pts (26%) Breadth 25.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Marvell Asia PTE · near

76
Amazon · near

76
Exxon Mobil… · near

76
Geotab · this assignee

76
Microsoft Technology… · near

76
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Geotab's Innovation Score is 75.9/100 (top 1% 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 Geotab?

Each dot is one of Geotab’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). Geotab’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Geotab's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Geotab Inc. received 220 grants versus 17 in 2015–2019 (+1194% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 71 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 3. Lead class G07C accounts for 48.7% of the portfolio across 52 subclasses. Volume neighbours: THE Invention Science Fund I, LLC (#1,486) and Carestream Health, Inc. (#1,494).

Geotab's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Geotab Inc. moved from 43 to 181 grants (4.21x 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 #41. See the growth leaderboard.

THE Invention Sci…

280
Astrazeneca AB

279
Bridgestone Sports

279
Fireeye

279
Rensselaer Polyte…

279
Teijin

279
Geotab ◀

279
Amkor Technology…

278
Carestream Health

278

What this shows Geotab holds 279 patents at rank #1,490, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Geotab

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,490 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07C (Time OR Attendance Registers)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Geotab, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G07C (Time OR Attendance Registers), Geotab ranks #6 of 1,508 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (76 here).

Exxon Mobil Technology and Engineering Company 76 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 76 Marvell Asia PTE Ltd 76 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 76

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

Avaya Inc. 19.1 avg Universal Display Corporation 19.1 avg Geodynamics, Inc. 19.1 avg Home BOX Office, Inc. 19.1 avg

Geotab's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

76 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Geotab Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	1.1%
2017	3	1.1%
2018	7	2.5%
2019	4	1.4%
2020	9	3.2%
2021	30	10.8%
2022	46	16.5%
2023	71	25.4%
2024	64	22.9%
2025partial year	42	15.1%

Which technologies does Geotab Inc. patent most?

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 136

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 94

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 91

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 62

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 60

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 56

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 41

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 40

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 40

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 36

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 30

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 30

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 23

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 23

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 21

Top 15 of 52 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

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

Geotab Inc.'s lead technology class is G07C (Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FO), 48.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07C
Ranked #1,490 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Geotab Inc. against THE Invention Science Fund I, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 75.9/100 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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