Where does Iris International, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Iris International, Inc. ranks #9,804 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 Iris International, Inc. hold?

Iris International, Inc. holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Iris International, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Iris International, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.8 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Iris International, Inc. focus on?

Iris International, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 29 patents, ranking #521 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

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

Iris International, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -61% 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 Iris International, Inc.'s patents?

Iris International, Inc.'s patents average 18.0 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 Iris International, 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

Iris International, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Iris ranks #9,804 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 13 technology areas.

#9,804
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.8/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: -61%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9804 · US Corporation #9,804 · 32 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,804/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Inkbit
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -61% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Inkbit, 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 Iris’s 40.8 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 12.1 pts (30%) Velocity 5.2 pts (13%) Breadth 12.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
API Intellectual… · near

41
Iris International · this assignee

41
Lamberti SPA · near

41
Mentor Worldwide · near

41
TerraLUX · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Iris's Innovation Score is 40.8/100 (top 35% 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 Iris?

Each dot is one of Iris’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). Iris’s own 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Iris's grants concentrate

Iris International, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 90.6% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Iris sits between IPL Inc. and Kyland Technology Co., Ltd..

Iris's three-year grant acceleration

Iris International, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

IPL

32
ISM Saddles

32
Inkbit

32
Inneroptic Techno…

32
J-devices

32
Jvis-usa

32
Know Bio

32
Kyland Technology

32
Iris International ◀

32

What this shows Iris holds 32 patents at rank #9,804, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Iris

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,804 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Iris, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Iris ranks #521 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

TerraLUX, Inc. 41 Mentor Worldwide, LLC 41 Lamberti SPA 41 API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC 41

Iris's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Iris International, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	7	21.9%
2017	3	9.4%
2018	6	18.8%
2019	7	21.9%
2020	2	6.3%
2022	3	9.4%
2023	2	6.3%
2024	2	6.3%

Which technologies does Iris International, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 29

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 17

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 13

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 6

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 1

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

C07K - Peptides 1

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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

Iris International, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 90.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #9,804 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Iris International, Inc. against IPL Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.8/100 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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