Where does Identive Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Identive Group, Inc. ranks #35,804 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 Identive Group, Inc. hold?

Identive Group, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2015, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Identive Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Identive Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.0 out of 100 (36th 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 Identive Group, Inc. focus on?

Identive Group, Inc.'s top technology area is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers) with 4 patents, ranking #527 of 1,953 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Identive Group, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Identive Group, 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 Identive Group, Inc.'s patents?

Identive Group, Inc.'s patents average 20.1 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 Identive Group, 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

Identive Group, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2015. 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: G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Identive ranks #35,804 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 11 technology areas.

#35,804
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.0/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35804 · US Corporation #35,804 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,804/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH IceCure Medical
CPC-FOCUS G06K · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: IceCure Medical Ltd. (±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 Identive’s 31.0 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 7.2 pts (23%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Identive Group · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Identive's Innovation Score is 31.0/100 (36th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Identive?

Each dot is one of Identive’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). Identive’s own 20.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Identive's grants concentrate

Identive Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers). By volume, Identive sits between Izettle Merchant Services AB and Ignite Ventures LLC.

Izettle Merchant…

7
Icecure Medical

7
Icergi

7
Ichor Medical Sys…

7
Ifwe

7
Ignite Resources…

7
Ignite

7
Ignite Ventures

7
Identive Group ◀

7

What this shows Identive holds 7 patents at rank #35,896, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Identive

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,896 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06K (Graphical Data Reading)

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

Identive's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Identive Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	100.0%

Which technologies does Identive Group, Inc. patent most?

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

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 3

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

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 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Identive Group, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Identive Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06K
Ranked #35,804 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Identive Group, Inc. against Izettle Merchant Services AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.0/100 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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