Where does Guardian-i, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Guardian-i, LLC ranks #18,689 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 Guardian-i, LLC hold?

Guardian-i, LLC holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Guardian-i, LLC's Innovation Score?

Guardian-i, LLC has an Innovation Score of 34.5 out of 100 (48th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Guardian-i, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Guardian-i, 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 Guardian-i, LLC's patents?

Guardian-i, LLC's patents average 21.5 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 Guardian-i, 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

Guardian-i, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Guardian-i, LLC focus on?

Guardian-i, LLC's top technology area is E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates) with 14 patents, ranking #63 of 637 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Guardian-i ranks #18,689 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 6 technology areas.

#18,689
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.5/100): 21.5
avg claims per patent: -93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18689 · US Corporation #18,689 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,689/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gateway Plastics
CPC-NARROW E06B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gateway Plastics, 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 Guardian-i’s 34.5 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 9.6 pts (28%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 8.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Guardian-i · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Guardian-i's Innovation Score is 34.5/100 (48th 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 Guardian-i?

Each dot is one of Guardian-i’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). Guardian-i’s own 21.5 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.

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

Where Guardian-i's grants concentrate

Guardian-i, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 93.3% of grants classified under E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Guardian-i sits between GT Technologies, Inc. and Gateway Plastics, Inc..

Guardian-i's three-year grant acceleration

Guardian-i, LLC shows 1 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.

GT

15
Guangdong Auldey…

15
Guangzhou Fangbang

15
Guangzhou Shizhen…

15
Guild Associates

15
Guntert & Zimmerm…

15
GV Engineering

15
Gateway Plastics

15
Guardian-i ◀

15

What this shows Guardian-i holds 15 patents at rank #18,668, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Guardian-i

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,668 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Guardian-i's primary technology class.

Guardian-i's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Guardian-i, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	20.0%
2016	4	26.7%
2017	5	33.3%
2019	2	13.3%
2024	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Guardian-i, LLC patent most?

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 14

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 12

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Guardian-i, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Guardian-i, LLC's lead technology class is E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates), 93.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E06B
Ranked #18,689 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Guardian-i, LLC against GT Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.5/100 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

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