Where does Group 47, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Group 47, Inc. ranks #47,206 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 Group 47, Inc. hold?

Group 47, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Group 47, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Group 47, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 20.3 out of 100 (7th 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 Group 47, Inc. focus on?

Group 47, Inc.'s top technology area is G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer) with 5 patents, ranking #267 of 933 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Group 47, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Group 47, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Group 47, Inc.'s patents?

Group 47, Inc.'s patents average 11.8 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 Group 47, 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 US Corporation

Group 47, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Group ranks #47,206 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#47,206
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.3/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47206 · US Corporation #47,206 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,206/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Greyrock Energy
CPC-NARROW G11B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Greyrock Energy, 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 Group’s 20.3 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 (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (35%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Group 47 · this assignee

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What this shows Group's Innovation Score is 20.3/100 (7th 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 Group?

Each dot is one of Group’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). Group’s own 11.8 claims/patent is at or below the 11.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Group's grants concentrate

Group 47, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Group sits between Greyrock Energy, Inc. and Grupo Gallegos.

Greyrock Energy

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Grillbot

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Griply

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Groovetech Tools

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Groupe Ro-main

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Grove Collaborati…

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Grover Musical Pr…

5
Grupo Gallegos

5
Group 47 ◀

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What this shows Group holds 5 patents at rank #47,250, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Group

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,250 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Re…)

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

Group's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

20 7th percentile higher than 7% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Group 47, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2016	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2018	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Group 47, Inc. patent most?

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Group 47, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Group 47, Inc.'s lead technology class is G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G11B
Ranked #47,206 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Group 47, Inc. against Greyrock Energy, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.3/100 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.