Where does PB Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), PB Inc. ranks #10,722 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 PB Inc. hold?

PB Inc. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is PB Inc.'s Innovation Score?

PB Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.6 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does PB Inc. focus on?

PB Inc.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 23 patents, ranking #684 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

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

PB Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +45% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

PB Inc.'s patents average 23.9 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 PB 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

PB Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, PB ranks #10,722 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 15 technology areas.

#10,722
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.6/100): 23.9
avg claims per patent: +45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10722 · US Corporation #10,722 · 29 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,722/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Oldcastle BuildingEn…
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +45% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, 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 PB’s 43.6 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 11.7 pts (27%) Velocity 3.9 pts (9%) Breadth 13.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 14.3 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Anellotech · near

44
Canary Medical · near

44
HAPSMobile · near

44
PB · this assignee

44
Rateze Remote Mgmt · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows PB's Innovation Score is 43.6/100 (top 28% 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 PB?

Each dot is one of PB’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). PB’s own 23.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where PB's grants concentrate

PB Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 79.3% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, PB sits between Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, Inc. and Probiotical S.P.A..

PB's three-year grant acceleration

PB Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Oldcastle Buildin…

29
Onpoint Medical

29
Orionis Bioscienc…

29
Palo Alto Network…

29
Pctel

29
Pegavision

29
Powdermet

29
Probiotical S P A

29
PB ◀

29

What this shows PB holds 29 patents at rank #10,720, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near PB

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,720 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for PB, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), PB ranks #684 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

HAPSMobile Inc. 44 Anellotech, Inc. 44 Rateze Remote Mgmt LLC 44 Canary Medical Inc. 44

PB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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PB Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	3.4%
2017	4	13.8%
2018	3	10.3%
2019	3	10.3%
2020	4	13.8%
2021	5	17.2%
2022	5	17.2%
2023	2	6.9%
2025partial year	2	6.9%

Which technologies does PB Inc. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 23

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 18

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

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 7

H04H - Broadcast Communication 7

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 6

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 4

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 4

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 2

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

Top 15 of 15 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

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

PB Inc.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 79.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #10,722 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare PB Inc. against Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.6/100 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.