Where does Griffin Technology, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Griffin Technology, LLC ranks #4,381 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 Griffin Technology, LLC hold?

Griffin Technology, LLC holds 81 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Griffin Technology, LLC's Innovation Score?

Griffin Technology, LLC has an Innovation Score of 30.2 out of 100 (33rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Griffin Technology, LLC focus on?

Griffin Technology, LLC's top technology area is A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags) with 16 patents, ranking #18 of 494 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Griffin Technology, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Griffin Technology, LLC's recent grant velocity is -93% 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 Griffin Technology, LLC's patents?

Griffin Technology, LLC's patents average 4.6 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 Griffin Technology, 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

Griffin Technology, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 81 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Griffin ranks #4,381 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 81 patents across 12 technology areas.

#4,381
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.2/100): 4.6
avg claims per patent: -93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4381 · US Corporation #4,381 · 81 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 81 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,381/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Eagle Harbor
CPC-FOCUS A45C · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eagle Harbor Technologies, 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 Griffin’s 30.2 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 15.2 pts (50%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (41%) Claim depth 2.7 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Griffin Technology · this assignee

30
Ignyta · near

30
Human AI Labs · near

30
Nikon Vision · near

30
Tipping Point Group · near

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Griffin's Innovation Score is 30.2/100 (33rd 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 Griffin?

Each dot is one of Griffin’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). Griffin’s own 4.6 claims/patent is at or below the 13.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Griffin's grants concentrate

Griffin Technology, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 19.8% of grants classified under A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (28 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Griffin sits between ECO Holding 1 GmbH and Musashi Engineering, Inc..

ECO Holding 1

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Eagle Harbor

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Friedrich-alexand…

81
Gyrus Medical

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Hydrangea Breeder…

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Hisense Mobile Co…

81
Korrus

81
Musashi Engineeri…

81
Griffin Technology ◀

81

What this shows Griffin holds 81 patents at rank #4,381, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Griffin

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,381 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A45C (Purses)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Griffin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A45C (Purses), Griffin ranks #18 of 494 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (30 here).

Ignyta, Inc. 30 Nikon Vision Co., Ltd. 30 Tipping Point Group, LLC 30 Human AI Labs, Inc. 30

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (4.6 here).

Huhtamaki, Inc. 4.6 avg Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC 4.6 avg Puzhen Life Co., Ltd. 4.5 avg Rinnai Corporation 4.5 avg

Griffin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Griffin Technology, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	3.7%
2016	28	34.6%
2017	21	25.9%
2018	14	17.3%
2019	10	12.3%
2020	4	4.9%
2021	1	1.2%

Which technologies does Griffin Technology, LLC patent most?

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 16

H04B - Transmission 12

H04M - Telephonic Communication 5

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 3

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 3

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G04G - Electronic Time-pieces 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Griffin Technology, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Griffin Technology, LLC's lead technology class is A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags), 19.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A45C
Ranked #4,381 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Griffin Technology, LLC against ECO Holding 1 GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.2/100 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

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.