Overall rank by patents
#1,759
of 49,997 tracked assignees
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).
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.
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
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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Largan Precision · near
64 score
Weatherford… · near
64 score
Juul Labs · this assignee
64 score
Wuhan University OF… · near
64 score
Hand Held Products · near
64 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
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.
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).
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.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Trustees of Tufts College
232 patents
Boston Dynamics, Inc.
231 patents
Citibank, N.A.
231 patents
Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.
231 patents
KPN Innovations LLC
231 patents
Koninklijke KPN N.V.
231 patents
Nite Ize, Inc.
231 patents
SMA Solar Technology AG
231 patents
Juul Labs, Inc.
231 patents
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.
By rank, the assignees closest to #1,759 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Juul's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Juul, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.1 here).
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
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| 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% |
Top 15 of 53 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#1,759
of 49,997 tracked assignees
64.1 out of 100
What to do with this data
Juul Labs, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.