Where does Innovative Control Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Innovative Control Systems, Inc. ranks #29,080 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 Innovative Control Systems, Inc. hold?

Innovative Control Systems, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Innovative Control Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Innovative Control Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.6 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Innovative Control Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Innovative Control Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Innovative Control Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Innovative Control Systems, Inc.'s patents average 16.0 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 Innovative Control Systems, 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

Innovative Control Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Innovative Control Systems, Inc. focus on?

Innovative Control Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is B60S (Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 5 patents, ranking #73 of 319 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: B60S (Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Innovative ranks #29,080 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 7 technology areas.

#29,080
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.6/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29080 · US Corporation #29,080 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,080/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Infocus
CPC-NARROW B60S · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Infocus Corporation (±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 Innovative’s 33.6 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 8.0 pts (24%) Velocity 6.7 pts (20%) Breadth 9.4 pts (28%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Innovative Control… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Innovative's Innovation Score is 33.6/100 (45th 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 Innovative?

Each dot is one of Innovative’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). Innovative’s own 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Innovative's grants concentrate

Innovative Control Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under B60S (Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Innovative sits between Infocus Corporation and Instil BIO (UK) Limited.

Innovative's three-year grant acceleration

Innovative Control Systems, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Infocus

9
Infrared Integrat…

9
Ingentec

9
Innopharmax

9
Innovative Stroll…

9
Innovative Techno…

9
Inova Design Solu…

9
Instil BIO (UK)

9
Innovative Contro… ◀

9

What this shows Innovative holds 9 patents at rank #29,051, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Innovative

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,051 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60S (Servicing)

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

Innovative's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Innovative Control Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	11.1%
2019	1	11.1%
2021	3	33.3%
2022	1	11.1%
2023	3	33.3%

Which technologies does Innovative Control Systems, Inc. patent most?

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

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 3

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Innovative Control Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Innovative Control Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is B60S (Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60S
Ranked #29,080 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Innovative Control Systems, Inc. against Infocus Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.6/100 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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