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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IEX Group, Inc. ranks #12,977 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 IEX Group, Inc. hold?

IEX Group, Inc. holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

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

IEX Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.4 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

IEX Group, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +183% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for IEX Group, Inc.'s patents?

IEX Group, Inc.'s patents average 21.6 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 IEX 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

IEX Group, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does IEX Group, Inc. focus on?

IEX Group, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 14 patents, ranking #913 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, IEX ranks #12,977 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 5 technology areas.

#12,977
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.4/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: +183%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12977 · US Corporation #12,977 · 23 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,977/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hong Kong Ecoaqua
CPC-NARROW G06Q · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +183% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hong Kong Ecoaqua Co., Limited (±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 IEX’s 37.4 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 11.0 pts (29%) Velocity 5.6 pts (15%) Breadth 7.9 pts (21%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
IEX Group · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows IEX's Innovation Score is 37.4/100 (top 44% 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 IEX?

Each dot is one of IEX’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). IEX’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where IEX's grants concentrate

IEX Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 60.9% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, IEX sits between Hong Kong Ecoaqua Co., Limited and Innovaction Technologies.

IEX's three-year grant acceleration

IEX Group, Inc. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Hong Kong Ecoaqua

23
Hop Breeding L L C

23
Hyland Software

23
Ichikawa

23
Imagekeeper

23
IMS Nanofabricati…

23
Inno Instrument (…

23
Innovaction

23
IEX Group ◀

23

What this shows IEX holds 23 patents at rank #12,975, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near IEX

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,975 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

IEX's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

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

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IEX Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	4.3%
2019	5	21.7%
2020	4	17.4%
2021	3	13.0%
2022	2	8.7%
2023	4	17.4%
2024	4	17.4%

Which technologies does IEX Group, Inc. patent most?

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 14

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

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

Top 5 of 5 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

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

IEX Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 60.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #12,977 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare IEX Group, Inc. against Hong Kong Ecoaqua Co., Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.4/100 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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