Where does Iconex LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Iconex LLC ranks #5,445 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 Iconex LLC hold?

Iconex LLC holds 63 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Iconex LLC's Innovation Score?

Iconex LLC has an Innovation Score of 47.3 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%).

What technology areas does Iconex LLC focus on?

Iconex LLC's top technology area is G09F (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals) with 48 patents. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Iconex LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Iconex LLC's recent grant velocity is +68% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Iconex LLC's patents?

Iconex LLC's patents average 12.8 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 Iconex 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

Iconex LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 63 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G09F (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Iconex ranks #5,445 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 63 patents across 24 technology areas.

#5,445
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.3/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: +68%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5445 · US Corporation #5,445 · 63 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 63 grants
UPPER-Q #5,445/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hexagon Metrology
CPC-FOCUS G09F · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +68% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hexagon Metrology, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Leco · near

47
BMC Medical · near

47
dormakaba USA · near

47
Endress+Hauser… · near

47
Iconex · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Iconex's Innovation Score is 47.3/100 (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.

Where Iconex's grants concentrate

Iconex LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 76.2% of grants classified under G09F (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (11 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2017. By volume, Iconex sits between Hexagon Metrology, Inc. and Kelk Ltd..

Iconex's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Iconex LLC moved from 20 to 24 grants (1.20x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Hexagon Metrology

63
Infinitus (China)

63
Innoscience (Zhuh…

63
IX Innovation

63
Insight Direct USA

63
Jiangsu Contempor…

63
Jxtg Nippon OIL &…

63
Kelk

63
Iconex ◀

63

What this shows Iconex holds 63 patents at rank #5,448, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Iconex

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,448 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G09F (Displaying)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Iconex, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG 47 BMC Medical Co., Ltd. 47 dormakaba USA Inc. 47 Leco Corporation 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.8 here).

Eisenmann SE 12.8 avg Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH 12.8 avg Hollister Incorporated 12.8 avg Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha 12.8 avg

Iconex'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 · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Iconex LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	6	9.5%
2017	4	6.3%
2018	5	7.9%
2019	7	11.1%
2020	6	9.5%
2021	7	11.1%
2022	8	12.7%
2023	5	7.9%
2024	11	17.5%
2025partial year	4	6.3%

Which technologies does Iconex LLC patent most?

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 48

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 23

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 20

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 18

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 12

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 8

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 7

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

H04J - Multiplex Communication 4

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 4

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 4

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 4

H04B - Transmission 4

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 3

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

Top 15 of 24 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,445

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

47.3 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

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

Iconex LLC's lead technology class is G09F (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals), 76.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G09F
Ranked #5,445 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Iconex LLC against Hexagon Metrology, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.3/100 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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