Where does Griff AND Associates, L.P. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Griff AND Associates, L.P. ranks #47,201 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 Griff AND Associates, L.P. hold?

Griff AND Associates, L.P. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2023, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Griff AND Associates, L.P.'s Innovation Score?

Griff AND Associates, L.P. has an Innovation Score of 28.5 out of 100 (27th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Griff AND Associates, L.P.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Griff AND Associates, L.P.'s recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Griff AND Associates, L.P.'s patents?

Griff AND Associates, L.P.'s patents average 16.6 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 Griff AND Associates, L.P. 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

Griff AND Associates, L.P.

Q: What technology areas does Griff AND Associates, L.P. focus on?

Griff AND Associates, L.P.'s top technology area is B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus) with 4 patents, ranking #88 of 253 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2023. 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: B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Griff ranks #47,201 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#47,201
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.5/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47201 · US Corporation #47,201 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,201/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Greenliant IP
CPC-NARROW B42D · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Greenliant IP, LLC (±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 Griff’s 28.5 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 6.2 pts (22%) Velocity 4.4 pts (15%) Breadth 7.9 pts (28%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Griff AND Associates · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Griff's Innovation Score is 28.5/100 (27th 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 Griff?

Each dot is one of Griff’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). Griff’s own 16.6 claims/patent is at or below the 17.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Griff's grants concentrate

Griff AND Associates, L.P. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Griff sits between Greenliant IP, LLC and Groupestahl.

Griff's three-year grant acceleration

Griff AND Associates, L.P. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Greenliant IP

5
Greenovation Biot…

5
Gridz

5
Griesson—DE Beuke…

5
Ground Effects

5
Groupchatter

5
Groupe Anderson

5
Groupestahl

5
Griff AND Associa… ◀

5

What this shows Griff holds 5 patents at rank #47,087, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Griff

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,087 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B42D (Books)

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

Griff's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2023

Grants by year

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

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Griff AND Associates, L.P. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	20.0%
2021	2	40.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Griff AND Associates, L.P. patent most?

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 4

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Griff AND Associates, L.P.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Griff AND Associates, L.P.'s lead technology class is B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B42D
Ranked #47,201 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Griff AND Associates, L.P. against Greenliant IP, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.5/100 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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