Where does IAC Search & Media, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IAC Search & Media, Inc. ranks #31,987 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 IAC Search & Media, Inc. hold?

IAC Search & Media, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is IAC Search & Media, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

IAC Search & Media, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 22.4 out of 100 (10th 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 IAC Search & Media, Inc. focus on?

IAC Search & Media, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is IAC Search & Media, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

IAC Search & Media, 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 IAC Search & Media, Inc.'s patents?

IAC Search & Media, Inc.'s patents average 14.5 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 IAC Search & Media, 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

IAC Search & Media, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, IAC ranks #31,987 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 3 technology areas.

#31,987
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.4/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31987 · US Corporation #31,987 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,987/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Häfele & KG
CPC-NARROW G06F · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Häfele GmbH & Co KG (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
IAC Search & Media · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows IAC's Innovation Score is 22.4/100 (10th 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.

Where IAC's grants concentrate

IAC Search & Media, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, IAC sits between Hyundai Sungwoo Casting Co., Ltd. and Ibis Innotech Inc..

Hyundai Sungwoo C…

8
Hyundam Industrial

8
Häfele & KG

8
I2O Therapeutics

8
IAF Science Holdi…

8
IAS

8
Ibase Gaming

8
Ibis Innotech

8
IAC Search & Media ◀

8

What this shows IAC holds 8 patents at rank #31,979, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near IAC

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,979 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

IAC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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IAC Search & Media, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2016	5	62.5%
2018	2	25.0%

Which technologies does IAC Search & Media, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

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

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#31,987

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

22.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

IAC Search & Media, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

IAC Search & Media, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #31,987 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare IAC Search & Media, Inc. against Hyundai Sungwoo Casting Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.4/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.