Where does iRobot Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), iRobot Corporation ranks #790 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 iRobot Corporation hold?

iRobot Corporation holds 582 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 80 technology areas.

What is iRobot Corporation's Innovation Score?

iRobot Corporation has an Innovation Score of 65.9 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does iRobot Corporation focus on?

iRobot Corporation's top technology area is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables) with 343 patents, ranking #13 of 2,515 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 80 CPC subclasses total.

Is iRobot Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

iRobot Corporation's recent grant velocity is -19% 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 iRobot Corporation's patents?

iRobot Corporation's patents average 20.0 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 iRobot 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

iRobot Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 582 granted patents across 80 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: G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, irobot ranks #790 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 582 patents across 80 technology areas.

#790
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.9/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: -19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R790 · US Corporation #790 · 582 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 582 grants
TOP-DECILE #790/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Analog Devices…
CPC-WIDE G05D · 80 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company (±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 irobot’s 65.9 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 22.0 pts (33%) Velocity 6.9 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Pixart Imaging · near

66
Alarm com Incorporated · near

66
iRobot · this assignee

66
Siemens Industry… · near

66
Robotic Research OpCo · near

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows irobot's Innovation Score is 65.9/100 (top 1% 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 irobot?

Each dot is one of irobot’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). irobot’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How irobot's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, iRobot Corporation received 244 grants versus 302 in 2015–2019 (-19% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 80 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 45. Lead class G05D accounts for 58.9% of the portfolio across 80 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Bayer Cropscience Aktiengesellschaft (#786) and Rohr, Inc. (#794).

irobot's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, iRobot Corporation moved from 143 to 148 grants (1.03x 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 #1,090. See the growth leaderboard.

Bayer Cropscience…

583
Children's Medica…

583
Howmedica Osteoni…

583
Analog Devices In…

582
irobot ◀

582
Coloplast A/S

581
University of Cen…

581
Compal

580
Rohr

579

What this shows iRobot holds 582 patents at rank #790, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near iRobot

By rank, the assignees closest to #790 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for iRobot, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables), iRobot ranks #13 of 2,515 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

Siemens Industry Software Ltd. 66 Alarm.com Incorporated 66 Robotic Research OpCo, LLC 66 Pixart Imaging Inc. 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.0 here).

Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. 20.0 avg Wiz, Inc. 20.0 avg Acceleron Pharma Inc. 20.0 avg US Synthetic Corporation 20.0 avg

irobot's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 Top 1% higher than 99% 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.

View data table

iRobot Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	80	13.7%
2016	78	13.4%
2017	45	7.7%
2018	52	8.9%
2019	47	8.1%
2020	50	8.6%
2021	46	7.9%
2022	50	8.6%
2023	49	8.4%
2024	49	8.4%
2025partial year	36	6.2%

Which technologies does iRobot Corporation patent most?

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 343

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 316

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 216

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 196

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 55

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 55

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 55

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 45

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 42

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 42

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 42

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 27

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 27

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 25

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 25

Top 15 of 80 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

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

iRobot Corporation's lead technology class is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables), 58.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05D
Ranked #790 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare iRobot Corporation against Bayer Cropscience Aktiengesellschaft, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.9/100 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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