Where does Imation Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Imation Corp. ranks #11,676 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 Imation Corp. hold?

Imation Corp. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Imation Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Imation Corp. has an Innovation Score of 33.3 out of 100 (44th 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 Imation Corp. focus on?

Imation Corp.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 19 patents, ranking #2,171 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Imation Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Imation Corp.'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 Imation Corp.'s patents?

Imation Corp.'s patents average 19.9 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 Imation Corp. 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

Imation Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Imation ranks #11,676 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 8 technology areas.

#11,676
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.3/100): 19.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11676 · US Corporation #11,676 · 26 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,676/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Idtp Holdings
CPC-NARROW G06F · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Idtp Holdings, 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 Imation’s 33.3 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 11.4 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (30%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Alert Media · near

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Imation · this assignee

33
Raymx Microelectronics · near

33
THE SUN Lock · near

33
Ukima Chemicals &… · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Imation's Innovation Score is 33.3/100 (44th 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 Imation?

Each dot is one of Imation’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). Imation’s own 19.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Imation's grants concentrate

Imation Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 73.1% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (22 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Imation sits between Idtp Holdings, Inc. and Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc..

Idtp Holdings

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Ikeda Food Resear…

26
Innovator Energy

26
Institut National…

26
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Intellikine

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26
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26
Imation ◀

26

What this shows Imation holds 26 patents at rank #11,678, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Imation

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,678 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Imation, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Imation ranks #2,171 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Raymx Microelectronics, Corp. 33 THE SUN Lock Company Limited 33 Ukima Chemicals & Color MFG. Co., Ltd. 33 Alert Media, Inc. 33

Imation's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Imation Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	22	84.6%
2016	3	11.5%
2017	1	3.8%

Which technologies does Imation Corp. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 19

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 5

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 3

H03G - Control OF Amplification 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G11C - Static Stores 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

Imation Corp.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 73.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #11,676 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Imation Corp. against Idtp Holdings, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.3/100 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

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.