Where does Intellectual Fortress, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Intellectual Fortress, LLC ranks #40,974 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 Intellectual Fortress, LLC hold?

Intellectual Fortress, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Intellectual Fortress, LLC's Innovation Score?

Intellectual Fortress, LLC has an Innovation Score of 25.7 out of 100 (18th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Intellectual Fortress, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Intellectual Fortress, LLC's patents?

Intellectual Fortress, LLC's patents average 15.0 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 Intellectual Fortress, 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

Intellectual Fortress, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Intellectual Fortress, LLC focus on?

Intellectual Fortress, LLC's top technology area is F16M (Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports) with 4 patents, ranking #195 of 1,330 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: F16M (Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Intellectual ranks #40,974 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 8 technology areas.

#40,974
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 18th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.7/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40974 · US Corporation #40,974 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,974/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Institute of Crop…
CPC-NARROW F16M · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (±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 Intellectual’s 25.7 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 6.7 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Intellectual Fortress · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Intellectual's Innovation Score is 25.7/100 (18th 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 Intellectual?

Each dot is one of Intellectual’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). Intellectual’s own 15.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Intellectual's grants concentrate

Intellectual Fortress, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under F16M (Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Intellectual sits between Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Intelligent Language, LLC.

Institute of Crop…

6
Institute of Ocea…

6
Integrated Silico…

6
Integrity Medical…

6
Intellicheck Mobi…

6
Intellicheck

6
Intelligent Impla…

6
Intelligent Langu…

6
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6

What this shows Intellectual holds 6 patents at rank #41,007, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Intellectual

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,007 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16M (Frames)

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

Intellectual's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 18th percentile higher than 18% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Intellectual Fortress, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2016	1	16.7%
2017	2	33.3%
2018	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Intellectual Fortress, LLC patent most?

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 4

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 2

Top 8 of 8 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

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

Intellectual Fortress, LLC's lead technology class is F16M (Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16M
Ranked #40,974 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Intellectual Fortress, LLC against Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.7/100 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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