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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Outward, Inc. ranks #4,975 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 Outward, Inc. hold?

Outward, Inc. holds 70 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Outward, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Outward, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.8 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Outward, Inc. focus on?

Outward, Inc.'s top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 67 patents, ranking #232 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

Outward, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +277% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Outward, Inc.'s patents average 55.4 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 Outward, 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

Outward, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 70 granted patents across 7 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Outward ranks #4,975 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 70 patents across 7 technology areas.

#4,975
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.8/100): 55.4
avg claims per patent: +277%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4975 · US Corporation #4,975 · 70 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 70 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,975/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Oatey
CPC-NARROW G06T · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 55.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +277% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Oatey Co. (±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 Outward’s 47.8 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 14.7 pts (31%) Velocity 8.7 pts (18%) Breadth 9.4 pts (20%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Invensys Systems · near

48
Lensar · near

48
Medtronic CryoCath · near

48
Muehlbauer & KG · near

48
Outward · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Outward's Innovation Score is 47.8/100 (top 18% 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 Outward?

Each dot is one of Outward’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). Outward’s own 55.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Outward's grants concentrate

Outward, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 95.7% of grants classified under G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Outward sits between Oatey Co. and Raffel Systems, LLC.

Outward's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Outward, Inc. moved from 23 to 30 grants (1.30x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Oatey

70
Omnicell

70
Orbit Irrigation…

70
Ouster

70
Popsockets

70
Pelican Imaging

70
Rf360 Singapore P…

70
Raffel Systems

70
Outward ◀

70

What this shows Outward holds 70 patents at rank #4,975, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Outward

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,975 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Outward, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation), Outward ranks #232 of 6,389 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Medtronic CryoCath LP 48 Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG 48 Invensys Systems, Inc. 48 Lensar, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (55.4 here).

Sitting MAN, LLC 56.1 avg Winview, Inc. 58.1 avg Immunolight, LLC 51.1 avg P4tents1 LLC 62.0 avg

Outward's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% 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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Outward, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.4%
2016	1	1.4%
2018	7	10.0%
2019	4	5.7%
2020	12	17.1%
2021	7	10.0%
2022	9	12.9%
2023	9	12.9%
2024	12	17.1%
2025partial year	8	11.4%

Which technologies does Outward, Inc. patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 67

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 26

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 25

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 16

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 9

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 3

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

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

Outward, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 95.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #4,975 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Outward, Inc. against Oatey Co., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.8/100 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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