Where does ICG Licensing LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ICG Licensing LLC ranks #29,039 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 ICG Licensing LLC hold?

ICG Licensing LLC holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 0 technology areas.

What is ICG Licensing LLC's Innovation Score?

ICG Licensing LLC has an Innovation Score of 8.6 out of 100 (1st 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 ICG Licensing LLC focus on?

ICG Licensing LLC holds grants across 0 technology areas classified under the Cooperative Patent Classification system.

Is ICG Licensing LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ICG Licensing LLC's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for ICG Licensing LLC's patents?

ICG Licensing LLC's patents average 1.0 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 ICG Licensing 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

ICG Licensing LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 0 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength.

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ICG ranks #29,039 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 0 technology areas.

#29,039
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 1st percentile
by Innovation Score (8.6/100): 1.0
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29039 · US Corporation #29,039 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-UNK · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,039/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ibaraki University
CPC-UNK CPC blank
INNOV-LOW 8.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ibaraki University (±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
ICG Licensing · this assignee

9
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ICG's Innovation Score is 8.6/100 (1st 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 ICG's grants concentrate

ICG Licensing LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 0 CPC subclasses . Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, ICG sits between Ibaraki University and IDM Global, Inc..

Ibaraki University

9
Ibur

9
ICA Trinova

9
Icare Finland OY

9
Icon Bioscience

9
Icos

9
ID Pharma

9
IDM Global

9
ICG Licensing ◀

9

What this shows ICG holds 9 patents at rank #29,023, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ICG

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,023 in granted patent volume.

ICG's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

9 1st percentile higher than 1% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ICG Licensing LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	11.1%
2018	2	22.2%
2020	2	22.2%
2021	4	44.4%

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#29,039

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

8.6 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

ICG Licensing LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ranked #29,039 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
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Innovation Score of 8.6/100 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.