Where does Idealab rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Idealab ranks #47,586 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 Idealab hold?

Idealab holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Idealab's Innovation Score?

Idealab has an Innovation Score of 38.3 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Idealab focus on?

Idealab's top technology area is F24S (Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems) with 3 patents, ranking #108 of 287 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Idealab's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Idealab's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Idealab's patents?

Idealab's patents average 13.6 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 Idealab 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

Idealab

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: F24S (Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Idealab ranks #47,586 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 9 technology areas.

#47,586
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.3/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47586 · US Corporation #47,586 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,586/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Iconics
CPC-NARROW F24S · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Iconics, 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 Idealab’s 38.3 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 6.2 pts (16%) Velocity 13.3 pts (35%) Breadth 10.6 pts (28%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Idealab · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Idealab's Innovation Score is 38.3/100 (top 41% 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 Idealab?

Each dot is one of Idealab’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). Idealab’s own 13.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Idealab's grants concentrate

Idealab is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under F24S (Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Idealab sits between Iconics, Inc. and Imagine Intelligent Materials Limited.

Idealab's three-year grant acceleration

Idealab shows 2 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.

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What this shows Idealab holds 5 patents at rank #47,753, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Idealab

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,753 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F24S (Solar Heat Collectors)

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

Idealab's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Idealab patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2016	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2023	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Idealab patent most?

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 3

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G01G - Weighing 1

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 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

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Idealab's lead technology class is F24S (Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F24S
Ranked #47,586 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Idealab against Iconics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.3/100 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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