Where does IHS Global Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IHS Global Inc. ranks #40,853 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 IHS Global Inc. hold?

IHS Global Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is IHS Global Inc.'s Innovation Score?

IHS Global Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.0 out of 100 (13th 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 IHS Global Inc. focus on?

IHS Global Inc.'s top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 3 patents, ranking #273 of 835 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is IHS Global Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

IHS Global Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -80% 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 IHS Global Inc.'s patents?

IHS Global Inc.'s patents average 17.0 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 IHS Global 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

IHS Global Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, IHS ranks #40,853 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 4 technology areas.

#40,853
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.0/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40853 · US Corporation #40,853 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,853/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ignite Orthopedics
CPC-NARROW G01V · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ignite Orthopedics LLC (±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 IHS’s 24.0 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 6.7 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
IHS Global · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows IHS's Innovation Score is 24.0/100 (13th 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 IHS?

Each dot is one of IHS’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). IHS’s own 17.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where IHS's grants concentrate

IHS Global Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, IHS sits between Ignite Orthopedics LLC and Illuminate Consulting, LLC.

Ignite Orthopedics

6
IGT UK Interactive

6
IHI Ionbond

6
IHI Southwest

6
Ikamper

6
IKS

6
Illuma Labs

6
Illuminate Consul…

6
IHS Global ◀

6

What this shows IHS holds 6 patents at rank #40,829, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near IHS

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,829 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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

IHS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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IHS Global Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2016	2	33.3%
2017	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%

Which technologies does IHS Global Inc. patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

IHS Global Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

IHS Global Inc.'s lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #40,853 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare IHS Global Inc. against Ignite Orthopedics LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.0/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.