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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), I-pex Inc. ranks #16,872 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-pex Inc. hold?

I-pex Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is I-pex Inc.'s Innovation Score?

I-pex Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.1 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for I-pex Inc..

What does claim depth mean for I-pex Inc.'s patents?

I-pex Inc.'s patents average 11.9 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-pex 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 Foreign Corporation

I-pex Inc.

Q: What technology areas does I-pex Inc. focus on?

I-pex Inc.'s top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 9 patents, ranking #335 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, I-pex ranks #16,872 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 8 technology areas.

#16,872
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.1/100): 11.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16872 · Foreign Corporation #16,872 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,872/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Huizhou Light Engine
CPC-NARROW H01R · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Huizhou Light Engine Limited (±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-pex’s 47.1 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 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 10.0 pts (21%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
I-pex · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows I-pex's Innovation Score is 47.1/100 (top 19% 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-pex?

Each dot is one of I-pex’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-pex’s own 11.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where I-pex's grants concentrate

I-pex Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 52.9% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, I-pex sits between Huizhou Light Engine Limited and Immunomet Therapeutics Inc..

I-pex's three-year grant acceleration

I-pex Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Huizhou Light Eng…

17
Hytrust

17
Hydrostor

17
Hygieia

17
IBS of America

17
Ildong Pharmaceut…

17
Image Match Design

17
Immunomet Therape…

17
I-pex ◀

17

What this shows I-pex holds 17 patents at rank #16,872, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near I-pex

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,872 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

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

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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I-pex Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	1	5.9%
2023	2	11.8%
2024	6	35.3%
2025partial year	8	47.1%

Which technologies does I-pex Inc. patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 9

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

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

B01D - Separation 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

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 1

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 8 of 8 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-pex Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

I-pex Inc.'s lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 52.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #16,872 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare I-pex Inc. against Huizhou Light Engine Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.1/100 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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