Where does Incipio, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Incipio, LLC ranks #4,295 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 Incipio, LLC hold?

Incipio, LLC holds 83 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Incipio, LLC's Innovation Score?

Incipio, LLC has an Innovation Score of 42.2 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Incipio, LLC focus on?

Incipio, LLC's top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 40 patents, ranking #246 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

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

Incipio, LLC's recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Incipio, LLC's patents?

Incipio, LLC's patents average 13.6 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 Incipio, 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

Incipio, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 83 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Incipio ranks #4,295 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 83 patents across 28 technology areas.

#4,295
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.2/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4295 · US Corporation #4,295 · 83 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 83 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,295/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fellowes
CPC-FOCUS H04B · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fellowes, 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 Incipio’s 42.2 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 15.3 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 18.7 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
128 Technology · near

42
Central China… · near

42
Global Frontier… · near

42
Hangzhou LHD… · near

42
Incipio · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Incipio's Innovation Score is 42.2/100 (top 31% 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 Incipio?

Each dot is one of Incipio’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). Incipio’s own 13.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Incipio's grants concentrate

Incipio, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 48.2% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (20 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Incipio sits between Fellowes, Inc. and MacDon Industries Ltd..

Fellowes

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Flodesign Sonics

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Gogo

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Hopkins Manufactu…

83
Intematix

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Leco

83
Materialise

83
Macdon Industries

83
Incipio ◀

83

What this shows Incipio holds 83 patents at rank #4,295, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Incipio

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,295 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Incipio, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04B (Transmission), Incipio ranks #246 of 3,909 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Central China Normal University 42 Global Frontier Center FOR Multiscale Energy Systems 42 Hangzhou LHD Institute OF NEW Energy, LLC 42 128 Technology, Inc. 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.6 here).

Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc. 13.6 avg Thyssenkrupp Presta Aktiengesellschaft 13.6 avg RFMicron, Inc. 13.6 avg emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaA 13.6 avg

Incipio's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

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

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Incipio, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	20	24.1%
2017	19	22.9%
2018	20	24.1%
2019	14	16.9%
2020	9	10.8%
2021	1	1.2%

Which technologies does Incipio, LLC patent most?

H04B - Transmission 40

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 33

H04M - Telephonic Communication 30

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 20

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 10

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 7

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 3

Top 15 of 28 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

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

Incipio, LLC's lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 48.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #4,295 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Incipio, LLC against Fellowes, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.2/100 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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