Where does GI Sportz Direct LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GI Sportz Direct LLC ranks #18,663 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 GI Sportz Direct LLC hold?

GI Sportz Direct LLC holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is GI Sportz Direct LLC's Innovation Score?

GI Sportz Direct LLC has an Innovation Score of 22.2 out of 100 (10th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GI Sportz Direct LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GI Sportz Direct LLC's recent grant velocity is -85% 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 GI Sportz Direct LLC's patents?

GI Sportz Direct LLC's patents average 10.9 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 GI Sportz Direct 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

GI Sportz Direct LLC

Q: What technology areas does GI Sportz Direct LLC focus on?

GI Sportz Direct LLC's top technology area is F41B (Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 12 patents, ranking #17 of 154 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 3 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: F41B (Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GI ranks #18,663 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 3 technology areas.

#18,663
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.2/100): 10.9
avg claims per patent: -85%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18663 · US Corporation #18,663 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,663/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gaatu
CPC-NARROW F41B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -85% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gaatu 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 GI’s 22.2 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 9.6 pts (43%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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GI Sportz Direct · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GI's Innovation Score is 22.2/100 (10th 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 GI?

Each dot is one of GI’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). GI’s own 10.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where GI's grants concentrate

GI Sportz Direct LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under F41B (Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, GI sits between Gaatu Inc and Golden Homes Holdings Limited.

Gaatu

15
Gabrielle Studio

15
Gardenia Industri…

15
GEO Plastics

15
Global Communicat…

15
Global Esprit

15
Golden Arrow Pain…

15
Golden Homes Hold…

15
GI Sportz Direct ◀

15

What this shows GI holds 15 patents at rank #18,654, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GI

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,654 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41B (Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive…)

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

GI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% 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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GI Sportz Direct LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	26.7%
2017	4	26.7%
2018	4	26.7%
2019	1	6.7%
2020	2	13.3%

Which technologies does GI Sportz Direct LLC patent most?

F41B - Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 2

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 1

Top 3 of 3 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

GI Sportz Direct LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GI Sportz Direct LLC's lead technology class is F41B (Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41B
Ranked #18,663 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GI Sportz Direct LLC against Gaatu Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.2/100 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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