Where does Outerwall Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Outerwall Inc. ranks #18,993 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 Outerwall Inc. hold?

Outerwall Inc. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Outerwall Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Outerwall Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.8 out of 100 (32nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Outerwall Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Outerwall Inc.'s patents?

Outerwall Inc.'s patents average 18.1 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 Outerwall 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

Outerwall Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Outerwall Inc. focus on?

Outerwall Inc.'s top technology area is G07D (Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing) with 8 patents, ranking #44 of 185 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: G07D (Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Outerwall ranks #18,993 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 7 technology areas.

#18,993
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.8/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18993 · US Corporation #18,993 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,993/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Orbis Intelligent…
CPC-NARROW G07D · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Orbis Intelligent Systems, 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 Outerwall’s 29.8 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 9.6 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (31%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Outerwall · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Outerwall's Innovation Score is 29.8/100 (32nd 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 Outerwall?

Each dot is one of Outerwall’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). Outerwall’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Outerwall's grants concentrate

Outerwall Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 53.3% of grants classified under G07D (Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2016. By volume, Outerwall sits between Orbis Intelligent Systems, Inc. and Pacific GAS AND Electric Company.

Orbis Intelligent…

15
Orbsen Therapeuti…

15
Otago Innovation

15
Otter ai

15
Outset Medical

15
Oxyrane UK

15
Pablo AIR

15
Pacific GAS AND E…

15
Outerwall ◀

15

What this shows Outerwall holds 15 patents at rank #18,989, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Outerwall

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,989 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07D (Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers)

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

Outerwall's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Outerwall Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	53.3%
2016	7	46.7%

Which technologies does Outerwall Inc. patent most?

G07D - Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing 8

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 4

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 3

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

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

Top 7 of 7 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

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

Outerwall Inc.'s lead technology class is G07D (Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing), 53.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07D
Ranked #18,993 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Outerwall Inc. against Orbis Intelligent Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.8/100 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

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