Where does Open Invention Network LLC NC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Open Invention Network LLC NC ranks #531 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 Open Invention Network LLC NC hold?

Open Invention Network LLC NC holds 845 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is Open Invention Network LLC NC's Innovation Score?

Open Invention Network LLC NC has an Innovation Score of 57.4 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Open Invention Network LLC NC focus on?

Open Invention Network LLC NC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 615 patents. Grants appear in 37 CPC subclasses total.

Is Open Invention Network LLC NC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Open Invention Network LLC NC's recent grant velocity is -69% 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 Open Invention Network LLC NC's patents?

Open Invention Network LLC NC's patents average 19.8 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 Open Invention Network LLC NC 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

Open Invention Network LLC NC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 845 granted patents across 37 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Open ranks #531 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 845 patents across 37 technology areas.

#531
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.4/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: -69%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R531 · US Corporation #531 · 845 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 845 grants
TOP-DECILE #531/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hilti Aktiengesellsc…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 37 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -69% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft (±3 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GAS Technology… · near

57
Kabo Tool · near

57
Open Invention… · this assignee

57
Byk-chemie · near

57
MicroVention · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Open's Innovation Score is 57.4/100 (top 5% 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.

Where Open's grants concentrate

Open Invention Network LLC NC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 72.8% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (166 grants) versus a trough of 35 in 2022. By volume, Open sits between W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH and Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company.

Open's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Open Invention Network LLC NC moved from 330 to 35 grants (0.11x 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 #3,169. See the growth leaderboard.

W L Gore & Associ…

856
Philips Lighting…

855
Microchip Technol…

851
Semiconductor Man…

848
Open Invention Ne… ◀

845
Hilti Aktiengesel…

842
Nippon Steel & Su…

842
Chongqing BOE Opt…

841
Exxonmobil Upstre…

841

What this shows Open holds 845 patents at rank #531, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Open

By rank, the assignees closest to #531 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Open, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Kabo Tool Company 57 MicroVention, Inc. 57 GAS Technology Institute 57 Byk-chemie GMBH 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.8 here).

Infineon Technologies Austria AG 19.8 avg Stine Seed Farm, Inc. 19.8 avg Navitas Semiconductor Limited 19.8 avg Medtronic Advanced Energy LLC 19.8 avg

Open's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% 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.

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Open Invention Network LLC NC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	95	11.2%
2016	120	14.2%
2017	135	16.0%
2018	129	15.3%
2019	166	19.6%
2020	103	12.2%
2021	61	7.2%
2022	35	4.1%
2025partial year	1	0.1%

Which technologies does Open Invention Network LLC NC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 615

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 433

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 158

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 121

H04M - Telephonic Communication 69

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 48

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 42

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 30

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 21

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 19

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 17

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 13

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 12

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 12

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 12

Top 15 of 37 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#531

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Open Invention Network LLC NC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Open Invention Network LLC NC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 72.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #531 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Open Invention Network LLC NC against W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.4/100 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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