Where does Juul Labs, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Juul Labs, Inc. ranks #1,759 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 Juul Labs, Inc. hold?

Juul Labs, Inc. holds 231 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 53 technology areas.

What is Juul Labs, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Juul Labs, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 64.1 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Juul Labs, Inc. focus on?

Juul Labs, Inc.'s top technology area is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices) with 137 patents, ranking #11 of 214 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 53 CPC subclasses total.

Is Juul Labs, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Juul Labs, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +496% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Juul Labs, Inc.'s patents?

Juul Labs, Inc.'s patents average 16.1 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 Juul Labs, 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

Juul Labs, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 231 granted patents across 53 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Juul ranks #1,759 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 231 patents across 53 technology areas.

#1,759
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.1/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: +496%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1759 · US Corporation #1,759 · 231 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 231 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,759/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Boston Dynamics
CPC-WIDE A24F · 53 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +496% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Boston Dynamics, Inc. (±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 Juul’s 64.1 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 18.8 pts (29%) Velocity 10.6 pts (17%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Largan Precision · near

64
Weatherford… · near

64
Juul Labs · this assignee

64
Wuhan University OF… · near

64
Hand Held Products · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Juul's Innovation Score is 64.1/100 (top 2% 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 Juul?

Each dot is one of Juul’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). Juul’s own 16.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Juul's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Juul Labs, Inc. received 161 grants versus 27 in 2015–2019 (+496% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 42 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 13. Lead class A24F accounts for 59.3% of the portfolio across 53 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Trustees of Tufts College (#1,755) and SMA Solar Technology AG (#1,763).

Juul's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Juul Labs, Inc. moved from 67 to 107 grants (1.60x 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 #381. See the growth leaderboard.

Trustees of Tufts…

232
Boston Dynamics

231
Citibank N A

231
Genius Optical

231
KPN Innovations

231
Koninklijke KPN

231
Nite Ize

231
SMA Solar Technol…

231
Juul Labs ◀

231

What this shows Juul holds 231 patents at rank #1,759, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Juul

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,759 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24F (Smokers' Requisites)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Juul, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A24F (Smokers' Requisites), Juul ranks #11 of 214 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Wuhan University OF Technology 64 Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC 64 Hand Held Products, Inc. 64 Largan Precision Co., Ltd. 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.1 here).

Victaulic Company 16.1 avg Rakuten Mobile, Inc. 16.1 avg NuVasive, Inc. 16.1 avg Translate BIO, Inc. 16.1 avg

Juul's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Juul Labs, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	14	6.1%
2019	13	5.6%
2020	26	11.3%
2021	28	12.1%
2022	36	15.6%
2023	29	12.6%
2024	42	18.2%
2025partial year	43	18.6%

Which technologies does Juul Labs, Inc. patent most?

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 137

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 90

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 67

A24B - Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff 23

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 17

A24D - CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces 10

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 10

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 8

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

F22B - Methods OF Steam GENERATION; Steam Boilers 6

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 5

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 5

Top 15 of 53 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

Juul Labs, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Juul Labs, Inc.'s lead technology class is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices), 59.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24F
Ranked #1,759 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Juul Labs, Inc. against Trustees of Tufts College, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.1/100 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

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