Where does Idea Tech, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Idea Tech, LLC ranks #32,000 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 Idea Tech, LLC hold?

Idea Tech, LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Idea Tech, LLC's Innovation Score?

Idea Tech, LLC has an Innovation Score of 38.6 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Idea Tech, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Idea Tech, LLC's recent grant velocity is +67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Idea Tech, LLC's patents?

Idea Tech, LLC's patents average 25.8 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 Idea Tech, 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

Idea Tech, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Idea Tech, LLC focus on?

Idea Tech, LLC's top technology area is H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General) with 8 patents, ranking #399 of 2,247 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Idea ranks #32,000 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 7 technology areas.

#32,000
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.6/100): 25.8
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32000 · US Corporation #32,000 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,000/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Icertis
CPC-NARROW H05B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Icertis, 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.

How Idea’s 38.6 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 7.6 pts (20%) Velocity 6.7 pts (17%) Breadth 9.4 pts (24%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (39%)

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What this shows Idea's Innovation Score is 38.6/100 (top 40% 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 Idea?

Each dot is one of Idea’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). Idea’s own 25.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Idea's grants concentrate

Idea Tech, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Idea sits between ITI Technologies, Inc. and ImaTx, Inc..

Idea's three-year grant acceleration

Idea Tech, LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

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What this shows Idea holds 8 patents at rank #32,068, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Idea

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,068 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H05B (Electric Heating)

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

Idea's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Idea Tech, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	3	37.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%
2023	2	25.0%
2024	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Idea Tech, LLC patent most?

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 8

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 8

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 8

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 6

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 6

Top 7 of 7 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

Idea Tech, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Idea Tech, LLC's lead technology class is H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H05B
Ranked #32,000 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Idea Tech, LLC against ITI Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.6/100 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

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