Where does Group One Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Group One Limited ranks #16,837 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 One Limited hold?

Group One Limited holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Group One Limited's Innovation Score?

Group One Limited has an Innovation Score of 47.8 out of 100 (top 18% 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 One Limited focus on?

Group One Limited's top technology area is A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment) with 11 patents, ranking #117 of 1,021 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Group One Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Group One Limited's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 One Limited's patents?

Group One Limited'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 Group One Limited 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

Group One Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Group ranks #16,837 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 10 technology areas.

#16,837
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.8/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16837 · Foreign Corporation #16,837 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,837/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Grain Processing
CPC-FOCUS A63B · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Grain Processing Corporation (±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 47.8 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 10.0 pts (21%) Velocity 16.7 pts (35%) Breadth 11.2 pts (23%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Group One · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Group's Innovation Score is 47.8/100 (top 18% 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 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Group's grants concentrate

Group One Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 64.7% of grants classified under A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Group sits between Grain Processing Corporation and Hangzhou Vango Technologies, Inc..

Group's three-year grant acceleration

Group One Limited shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Grain Processing

17
Graymont Western…

17
Great Fitness Ind…

17
Greiner Bio-one

17
Guala Closures S…

17
H55

17
Hancom

17
Hangzhou Vango

17
Group One ◀

17

What this shows Group holds 17 patents at rank #16,843, 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 #16,843 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training)

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)

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Group One Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	17.6%
2017	3	17.6%
2018	2	11.8%
2019	1	5.9%
2020	1	5.9%
2022	2	11.8%
2023	2	11.8%
2024	1	5.9%
2025partial year	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Group One Limited patent most?

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 11

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

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 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 2

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 2

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 1

F01M - Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating 1

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Group One Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Group One Limited's lead technology class is A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment), 64.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63B
Ranked #16,837 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Group One Limited against Grain Processing Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.8/100 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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