Where does Inston, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Inston, Inc. ranks #29,094 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 Inston, Inc. hold?

Inston, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2020, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Inston, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Inston, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.9 out of 100 (16th 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 Inston, Inc. focus on?

Inston, Inc.'s top technology area is G11C (Static Stores) with 8 patents, ranking #269 of 882 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Inston, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -87% 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 Inston, Inc.'s patents?

Inston, Inc.'s patents average 13.9 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 Inston, 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

Inston, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2020. 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: G11C (Static Stores).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Inston ranks #29,094 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 6 technology areas.

#29,094
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 16th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.9/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29094 · US Corporation #29,094 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,094/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Insight Automation
CPC-NARROW G11C · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Insight Automation, 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 Inston’s 24.9 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 8.0 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Inston · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Inston's Innovation Score is 24.9/100 (16th 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 Inston?

Each dot is one of Inston’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). Inston’s own 13.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Inston's grants concentrate

Inston, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under G11C (Static Stores). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Inston sits between Insight Automation, Inc. and Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc..

Insight Automation

9
Institute of Expe…

9
Institute of Medi…

9
Instituto Potosin…

9
Instytut Wysokich…

9
Insuline Medical

9
Integra Lifescien…

9
Integrated Sensin…

9
Inston ◀

9

What this shows Inston holds 9 patents at rank #29,100, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Inston

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,100 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G11C (Static Stores)

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

Inston's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 16th percentile higher than 16% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Inston, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	4	44.4%
2019	4	44.4%
2020	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Inston, Inc. patent most?

G11C - Static Stores 8

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 4

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 2

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

Top 6 of 6 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

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

Inston, Inc.'s lead technology class is G11C (Static Stores), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G11C
Ranked #29,094 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Inston, Inc. against Insight Automation, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.9/100 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

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.