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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Instrumental, Inc. ranks #16,889 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 Instrumental, Inc. hold?

Instrumental, Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Instrumental, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Instrumental, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.4 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Instrumental, Inc. focus on?

Instrumental, Inc.'s top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 17 patents, ranking #807 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

Instrumental, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +450% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Instrumental, Inc.'s patents?

Instrumental, Inc.'s patents average 19.5 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 Instrumental, 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

Instrumental, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Instrumental ranks #16,889 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 9 technology areas.

#16,889
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.4/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: +450%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16889 · US Corporation #16,889 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,889/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Impact Sports
CPC-NARROW G06T · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +450% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Impact Sports Technologies, 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 Instrumental’s 36.4 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 10.0 pts (27%) Velocity 4.2 pts (12%) Breadth 10.6 pts (29%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Instrumental · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Instrumental's Innovation Score is 36.4/100 (top 46% 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 Instrumental?

Each dot is one of Instrumental’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). Instrumental’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Instrumental's grants concentrate

Instrumental, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Instrumental sits between Impact Sports Technologies, Inc. and Interactive Strength, Inc..

Instrumental's three-year grant acceleration

Instrumental, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Impact Sports

17
Infinite Peripher…

17
Innophos

17
Institute of Engi…

17
Intabio

17
Intellicyt

17
Intelligent Wellh…

17
Interactive Stren…

17
Instrumental ◀

17

What this shows Instrumental holds 17 patents at rank #16,895, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Instrumental

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,895 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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

Instrumental's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Instrumental, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	11.8%
2020	3	17.6%
2021	3	17.6%
2022	1	5.9%
2023	2	11.8%
2024	2	11.8%
2025partial year	4	23.5%

Which technologies does Instrumental, Inc. patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 17

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 9

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 9

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Instrumental, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #16,889 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Instrumental, Inc. against Impact Sports Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.4/100 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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