Where does Imvu, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Imvu, LLC ranks #35,839 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 Imvu, LLC hold?

Imvu, LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Imvu, LLC's Innovation Score?

Imvu, LLC has an Innovation Score of 30.9 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 Imvu, LLC focus on?

Imvu, LLC's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 5 patents, ranking #4,044 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Imvu, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Imvu, LLC's recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Imvu, LLC's patents?

Imvu, LLC's patents average 20.9 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 Imvu, LLC 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

Imvu, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Imvu ranks #35,839 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 5 technology areas.

#35,839
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.9/100): 20.9
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35839 · US Corporation #35,839 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,839/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH IMI Systems
CPC-NARROW H04L · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: IMI Systems 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 Imvu’s 30.9 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 3.3 pts (11%) Breadth 7.9 pts (26%) Claim depth 12.5 pts (40%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Imvu · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Imvu's Innovation Score is 30.9/100 (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 Imvu?

Each dot is one of Imvu’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). Imvu’s own 20.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Imvu's grants concentrate

Imvu, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Imvu sits between IMI Systems Ltd. and Incoax Networks AB.

Imvu's three-year grant acceleration

Imvu, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

IMI Systems

7
Immobiliare Metal…

7
Immunovia AB

7
Imra Europe S

7
IN WIN Development

7
Inbone

7
Incheon National…

7
Incoax Networks AB

7
Imvu ◀

7

What this shows Imvu holds 7 patents at rank #35,808, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Imvu

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,808 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Imvu'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

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Imvu, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	28.6%
2017	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Imvu, LLC patent most?

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

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 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 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

Imvu, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Imvu, LLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #35,839 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Imvu, LLC against IMI Systems Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.9/100 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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