Where does Little Kids, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Little Kids, Inc. ranks #48,419 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 Little Kids, Inc. hold?

Little Kids, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Little Kids, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Little Kids, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.5 out of 100 (15th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Little Kids, Inc. focus on?

Little Kids, Inc.'s top technology area is A63H (Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks) with 2 patents, ranking #134 of 312 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Little Kids, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Little Kids, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Little Kids, Inc.'s patents?

Little Kids, Inc.'s patents average 9.2 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 Little Kids, 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

Little Kids, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A63H (Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Little ranks #48,419 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#48,419
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.5/100): 9.2
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48419 · US Corporation #48,419 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,419/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lite Run
CPC-NARROW A63H · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lite Run, 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 Little’s 24.5 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 6.2 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (27%) Breadth 6.1 pts (25%) Claim depth 5.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Little Kids · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Little's Innovation Score is 24.5/100 (15th percentile 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 Little?

Each dot is one of Little’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). Little’s own 9.2 claims/patent is at or below the 12.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Little's grants concentrate

Little Kids, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under A63H (Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Little sits between Lite Run, Inc. and Living technology (shenzhen) Co., Ltd..

Little's three-year grant acceleration

Little Kids, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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Livecgi

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Liverpool School…

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Livescribe

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Living technology…

5
Little Kids ◀

5

What this shows Little holds 5 patents at rank #48,472, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Little

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,472 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63H (Toys)

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

Little's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Little Kids, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	40.0%
2024	1	20.0%
2025partial year	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Little Kids, Inc. patent most?

A63H - Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks 2

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 1

F41B - Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Little Kids, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Little Kids, Inc.'s lead technology class is A63H (Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63H
Ranked #48,419 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Little Kids, Inc. against Lite Run, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.5/100 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

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.