Where does Outer, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Outer, Inc. ranks #49,413 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 Outer, Inc. hold?

Outer, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Outer, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Outer, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.8 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Outer, Inc. focus on?

Outer, Inc.'s top technology area is A47G (Household OR Table Equipment) with 5 patents, ranking #92 of 709 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Outer, Inc..

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

Outer, Inc.'s patents average 19.4 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 Outer, 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

Outer, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: A47G (Household OR Table Equipment).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Outer ranks #49,413 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 2 technology areas.

#49,413
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.8/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49413 · US Corporation #49,413 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,413/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Otta
CPC-NARROW A47G · 2 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Otta 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 Outer’s 42.8 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 (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (47%) Breadth 5.0 pts (12%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Outer · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Outer's Innovation Score is 42.8/100 (top 30% 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 Outer?

Each dot is one of Outer’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). Outer’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Outer's grants concentrate

Outer, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A47G (Household OR Table Equipment). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Outer sits between Otta Inc. and Owen-barry Pharmaceuticals Inc..

Outer's three-year grant acceleration

Outer, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Otta

5
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5
OUT AND OUT Chemi…

5
Outdoorlink

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Outstar Office Fu…

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Ovuud

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Owen-barry Pharma…

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What this shows Outer holds 5 patents at rank #49,327, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Outer

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,327 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47G (Household OR Table Equipment)

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

Outer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Outer, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2023	2	40.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Outer, Inc. patent most?

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 5

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 5

Top 2 of 2 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

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

Outer, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47G (Household OR Table Equipment), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47G
Ranked #49,413 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Outer, Inc. against Otta Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.8/100 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.