Where does Oblong Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Oblong Industries, Inc. ranks #7,173 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 Oblong Industries, Inc. hold?

Oblong Industries, Inc. holds 46 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Oblong Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Oblong Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.5 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Oblong Industries, Inc. focus on?

Oblong Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 46 patents, ranking #1,043 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Oblong Industries, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Oblong Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -76% 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 Oblong Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Oblong Industries, Inc.'s patents average 37.5 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 Oblong Industries, 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

Oblong Industries, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 46 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Oblong ranks #7,173 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 46 patents across 10 technology areas.

#7,173
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.5/100): 37.5
avg claims per patent: -76%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7173 · US Corporation #7,173 · 46 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 46 grants
UPPER-Q #7,173/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National University…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 37.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -76% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National University Corporation Toyohashi University OF Technology (±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 Oblong’s 39.5 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 13.3 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (28%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Calera · near

39
Campvalley (Xiamen) · near

39
Intrexon · near

39
National Cerebral… · near

39
Oblong Industries · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Oblong's Innovation Score is 39.5/100 (top 38% 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 Oblong?

Each dot is one of Oblong’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). Oblong’s own 37.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Oblong's grants concentrate

Oblong Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Oblong sits between National University Corporation Toyohashi University OF Technology and Ping Identity Corporation.

National Universi…

46
Nautilus Hyosung

46
Nerudia

46
Nortek Air Soluti…

46
Particle Measurin…

46
Peri SE

46
Phoenix Contact D…

46
Ping Identity

46
Oblong Industries ◀

46

What this shows Oblong holds 46 patents at rank #7,172, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Oblong

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,172 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Oblong, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Oblong ranks #1,043 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Campvalley (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. 39 Intrexon Corporation 39 Calera Corporation 39 National Cerebral AND Cardiovascular Center 39

Oblong's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Oblong Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	13.0%
2016	6	13.0%
2017	8	17.4%
2018	9	19.6%
2019	8	17.4%
2020	8	17.4%
2021	1	2.2%

Which technologies does Oblong Industries, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 46

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 36

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 9

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 9

H04M - Telephonic Communication 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G16C - Computational CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; Computational Materials Science 3

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Oblong Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Oblong Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #7,173 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Oblong Industries, Inc. against National University Corporation Toyohashi University OF Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.5/100 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

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