Where does Group14 Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Group14 Technologies, Inc. ranks #1,433 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 Group14 Technologies, Inc. hold?

Group14 Technologies, Inc. holds 292 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 100 technology areas.

What is Group14 Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Group14 Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 61.0 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Group14 Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Group14 Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is A01J (Manufacture OF Dairy Products) with 157 patents, ranking #1 of 41 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 100 CPC subclasses total.

Is Group14 Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Group14 Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -46% 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 Group14 Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Group14 Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 17.6 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 Group14 Technologies, 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

Group14 Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 292 granted patents across 100 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A01J (Manufacture OF Dairy Products).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Group14 ranks #1,433 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 292 patents across 100 technology areas.

#1,433
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.0/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: -46%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1433 · US Corporation #1,433 · 292 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 292 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,433/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Board OF Supervisors…
CPC-WIDE A01J · 100 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -46% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Board OF Supervisors OF Louisiana State University AND Agricultural AND Mechanical College (±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 Group14’s 61.0 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 19.6 pts (32%) Velocity 5.8 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Group14 · this assignee

61
Verizon Connect… · near

61
Sharp NEC Display… · near

61
UOP · near

61
Xi'an Jiaotong… · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Group14's Innovation Score is 61.0/100 (top 3% 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 Group14?

Each dot is one of Group14’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). Group14’s own 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Group14 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

How Group14's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Group14 Technologies, Inc. received 99 grants versus 185 in 2015–2019 (-46% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 47 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 6. Lead class A01J accounts for 53.8% of the portfolio across 100 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Globalwafers Co., Ltd. (#1,429) and Tomy Company, Ltd. (#1,437).

Group14's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Group14 Technologies, Inc. moved from 73 to 63 grants (0.86x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,618. See the growth leaderboard.

Globalwafers

293
University of Was…

293
Board OF Supervis…

292
Grohe

292
Group14 ◀

292
Intermolecular

291
National Research…

291
Poulsen Roser A/S

291
Tomy

291

What this shows Group14 holds 292 patents at rank #1,433, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Group14

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,433 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01J (Manufacture OF Dairy Products)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Group14's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Group14, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01J (Manufacture OF Dairy Products), Group14 ranks #1 of 41 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Verizon Connect Development Limited 61 Xi'an Jiaotong University 61 UOP LLC 61 Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.6 here).

Merial Inc. 17.6 avg Board of Trustees of the Univeristy of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville 17.6 avg Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. 17.6 avg VIA Technologies, Inc. 17.6 avg

Group14's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Group14 Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	23	7.9%
2016	45	15.4%
2017	47	16.1%
2018	33	11.3%
2019	37	12.7%
2020	30	10.3%
2021	6	2.1%
2022	19	6.5%
2023	22	7.5%
2024	22	7.5%
2025partial year	8	2.7%

Which technologies does Group14 Technologies, Inc. patent most?

A01J - Manufacture OF Dairy Products 157

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 114

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 73

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 66

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 66

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 63

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 61

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 42

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 38

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 32

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 30

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 22

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 18

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 17

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 16

Top 15 of 100 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

Group14 Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Group14 Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01J (Manufacture OF Dairy Products), 53.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01J
Ranked #1,433 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Group14 Technologies, Inc. against Globalwafers Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.0/100 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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