Where does IPS Group Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IPS Group Inc. ranks #3,071 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 IPS Group Inc. hold?

IPS Group Inc. holds 124 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 39 technology areas.

What is IPS Group Inc.'s Innovation Score?

IPS Group Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.7 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does IPS Group Inc. focus on?

IPS Group Inc.'s top technology area is G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus) with 28 patents. Grants appear in 39 CPC subclasses total.

Is IPS Group Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

IPS Group Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -45% 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 IPS Group Inc.'s patents?

IPS Group Inc.'s patents average 10.4 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 IPS Group 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

IPS Group Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 124 granted patents across 39 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: G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, IPS ranks #3,071 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 124 patents across 39 technology areas.

#3,071
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.7/100): 10.4
avg claims per patent: -45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3071 · US Corporation #3,071 · 124 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 124 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,071/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Coupa Software…
CPC-FOCUS G07F · 39 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -45% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Coupa Software Incorporated (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aleddra · near

52
Berkeley Lights · near

52
Bobst MEX · near

52
IPS Group · this assignee

52
The John Hopkins… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows IPS's Innovation Score is 51.7/100 (top 11% 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.

Where IPS's grants concentrate

IPS Group Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 39 CPC subclasses with 22.6% of grants classified under G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (21 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2018. By volume, IPS sits between Coupa Software Incorporated and Oceaneering International, Inc..

IPS's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, IPS Group Inc. moved from 29 to 29 grants (1.00x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,186. See the growth leaderboard.

Coupa Software In…

124
DDP Specialty Mat…

124
Dorel Juvenile Gr…

124
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124
Innovium

124
Inteplast Group

124
Mölnlycke Health…

124
Oceaneering Inter…

124
IPS Group ◀

124

What this shows IPS holds 124 patents at rank #3,069, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near IPS

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,069 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for IPS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Bobst MEX SA 52 Aleddra Inc. 52 Berkeley Lights, Inc. 52 The John Hopkins University 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.4 here).

THE Japan Steel Works, Ltd. 10.4 avg Korea Electronics Technology Institute 10.4 avg FG Innovation Company Limited 10.4 avg Daikin Industries, Ltd. 10.4 avg

IPS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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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IPS Group Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	20	16.1%
2016	18	14.5%
2017	21	16.9%
2018	4	3.2%
2019	15	12.1%
2020	7	5.6%
2021	7	5.6%
2022	13	10.5%
2023	9	7.3%
2024	7	5.6%
2025partial year	3	2.4%

Which technologies does IPS Group Inc. patent most?

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 28

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 27

G07B - Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus 23

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 14

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 11

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 11

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 11

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 11

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 10

H04Q - Selecting 9

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 9

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 7

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 6

H04B - Transmission 6

Top 15 of 39 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,071

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

IPS Group Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

IPS Group Inc.'s lead technology class is G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus), 22.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07F
Ranked #3,071 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare IPS Group Inc. against Coupa Software Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.7/100 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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