Where does Innovation First, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Innovation First, Inc. ranks #5,948 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 Innovation First, Inc. hold?

Innovation First, Inc. holds 57 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Innovation First, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Innovation First, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.5 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Innovation First, Inc. focus on?

Innovation First, Inc.'s top technology area is A63H (Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks) with 18 patents, ranking #14 of 312 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Innovation First, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Innovation First, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -70% 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 Innovation First, Inc.'s patents?

Innovation First, Inc.'s patents average 11.1 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 Innovation First, 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

Innovation First, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 57 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A63H (Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Innovation ranks #5,948 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 57 patents across 16 technology areas.

#5,948
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.5/100): 11.1
avg claims per patent: -70%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5948 · US Corporation #5,948 · 57 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 57 grants
UPPER-Q #5,948/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gruenenthal
CPC-FOCUS A63H · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -70% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gruenenthal GmbH (±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 Innovation’s 38.5 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 14.0 pts (37%) Velocity 3.6 pts (9%) Breadth 14.1 pts (37%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amer Sports Canada · near

38
FCI · near

38
Innovation First · this assignee

38
RayVio · near

38
Thermo Electron LED · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Innovation's Innovation Score is 38.5/100 (top 41% 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 Innovation?

Each dot is one of Innovation’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). Innovation’s own 11.1 claims/patent is at or below the 14.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Innovation's grants concentrate

Innovation First, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 31.6% of grants classified under A63H (Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (18 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Innovation sits between Gruenenthal GmbH and Koganei Corporation.

Innovation's three-year grant acceleration

Innovation First, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Gruenenthal

57
Hitachi Construct…

57
Innocom Technolog…

57
Ipgate

57
Ironburg Inventio…

57
Japan Cash Machine

57
Jenavalve Technol…

57
Koganei

57
Innovation First ◀

57

What this shows Innovation holds 57 patents at rank #5,947, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Innovation

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,947 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63H (Toys)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Innovation, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A63H (Toys), Innovation ranks #14 of 312 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

FCI Co., Ltd. 38 RayVio Corporation 38 Amer Sports Canada Inc. 38 Thermo Electron LED GmbH 38

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.1 here).

Research Institute OF Industrial Science & Technology 11.1 avg Thine Electronics, Inc. 11.1 avg Yuan ZE University 11.1 avg Jing-jin Electric Technologies Co., Ltd. 11.1 avg

Innovation's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Innovation First, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	18	31.6%
2016	15	26.3%
2017	3	5.3%
2018	4	7.0%
2019	4	7.0%
2020	3	5.3%
2021	4	7.0%
2022	3	5.3%
2023	1	1.8%
2024	2	3.5%

Which technologies does Innovation First, Inc. patent most?

A63H - Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks 18

A63C - SKATES; SKIS; Roller SKATES; Design OR Layout OF Courts, Rinks OR THE Like 4

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 3

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Innovation First, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Innovation First, Inc.'s lead technology class is A63H (Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks), 31.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63H
Ranked #5,948 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Innovation First, Inc. against Gruenenthal GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.5/100 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.