Where does I-blades, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), I-blades, Inc. ranks #24,505 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 I-blades, Inc. hold?

I-blades, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is I-blades, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

I-blades, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.8 out of 100 (36th 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 I-blades, Inc. focus on?

I-blades, Inc.'s top technology area is H04M (Telephonic Communication) with 6 patents, ranking #677 of 2,488 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is I-blades, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

I-blades, 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 I-blades, Inc.'s patents?

I-blades, Inc.'s patents average 14.2 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 I-blades, 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

I-blades, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. 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: H04M (Telephonic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, I-blades ranks #24,505 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 15 technology areas.

#24,505
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.8/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24505 · US Corporation #24,505 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,505/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hurley International
CPC-FOCUS H04M · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hurley International LLC (±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 I-blades’s 30.8 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 8.6 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (28%)

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What this shows I-blades's Innovation Score is 30.8/100 (36th 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 I-blades?

Each dot is one of I-blades’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). I-blades’s own 14.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where I-blades's grants concentrate

I-blades, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 54.5% of grants classified under H04M (Telephonic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, I-blades sits between Hurley International LLC and I.G. Cardboard Technologies Ltd..

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What this shows I-blades holds 11 patents at rank #24,497, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near I-blades

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,497 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04M (Telephonic Communication)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in I-blades's primary technology class.

I-blades's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

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

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I-blades, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	9.1%
2017	6	54.5%
2018	4	36.4%

Which technologies does I-blades, Inc. patent most?

H04M - Telephonic Communication 6

H04B - Transmission 4

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 1

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 1

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

Top 15 of 15 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

I-blades, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

I-blades, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04M (Telephonic Communication), 54.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04M
Ranked #24,505 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare I-blades, Inc. against Hurley International LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.8/100 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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