Where does InterMetro Industries Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), InterMetro Industries Corporation ranks #8,412 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 InterMetro Industries Corporation hold?

InterMetro Industries Corporation holds 38 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is InterMetro Industries Corporation's Innovation Score?

InterMetro Industries Corporation has an Innovation Score of 40.3 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does InterMetro Industries Corporation focus on?

InterMetro Industries Corporation's top technology area is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture) with 21 patents, ranking #33 of 990 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is InterMetro Industries Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

InterMetro Industries Corporation's recent grant velocity is -29% 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 InterMetro Industries Corporation's patents?

InterMetro Industries Corporation's patents average 14.3 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 InterMetro Industries Corporation 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

InterMetro Industries Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Intermetro ranks #8,412 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 25 technology areas.

#8,412
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.3/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: -29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8412 · US Corporation #8,412 · 38 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 38 grants
UPPER-Q #8,412/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Idenix Pharmaceuticals
CPC-FOCUS A47B · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC (±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 Intermetro’s 40.3 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 12.7 pts (32%) Velocity 1.3 pts (3%) Breadth 17.7 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Avigilon Fortress · near

40
Cloudera · near

40
InterMetro Industries · this assignee

40
Korea Institute OF… · near

40
Coriant Operations · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Intermetro's Innovation Score is 40.3/100 (top 36% 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 Intermetro?

Each dot is one of Intermetro’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). Intermetro’s own 14.3 claims/patent is at or below the 19.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Intermetro's grants concentrate

InterMetro Industries Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 55.3% of grants classified under A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Intermetro sits between Iridex Corporation and Jiangnan Environmental Protection Group Inc..

Intermetro's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, InterMetro Industries Corporation moved from 20 to 4 grants (0.20x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Iridex

38
Idenix Pharmaceut…

38
Ikanos Communicat…

38
Intelmate

38
Invoy Holdings

38
Jamco

38
Jemella

38
Jiangnan Environm…

38
Intermetro Indust… ◀

38

What this shows InterMetro holds 38 patents at rank #8,414, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near InterMetro

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,414 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47B (Tables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for InterMetro, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47B (Tables), InterMetro ranks #33 of 990 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Korea Institute OF Oriental Medicine 40 Avigilon Fortress Corporation 40 Cloudera, Inc. 40 Coriant Operations, Inc. 40

Intermetro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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InterMetro Industries Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	5.3%
2016	2	5.3%
2017	4	10.5%
2018	4	10.5%
2019	9	23.7%
2020	7	18.4%
2021	4	10.5%
2022	2	5.3%
2023	2	5.3%
2025partial year	2	5.3%

Which technologies does InterMetro Industries Corporation patent most?

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 21

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 9

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 5

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 4

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 4

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 3

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 3

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 3

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 3

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 3

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 2

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 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 1

Top 15 of 25 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

InterMetro Industries Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

InterMetro Industries Corporation's lead technology class is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture), 55.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47B
Ranked #8,412 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare InterMetro Industries Corporation against Iridex Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.3/100 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.

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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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