Where does Plaid Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Plaid Technologies, Inc. ranks #36,988 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 Plaid Technologies, Inc. hold?

Plaid Technologies, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Plaid Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Plaid Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.5 out of 100 (17th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Plaid Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Plaid Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Plaid Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 18.7 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 Plaid Technologies, 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

Plaid Technologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Plaid Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Plaid Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 7 patents, ranking #1,796 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Plaid ranks #36,988 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 4 technology areas.

#36,988
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.5/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36988 · US Corporation #36,988 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,988/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pinnacle Vista
CPC-NARROW G06Q · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pinnacle Vista, LLC (±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 Plaid’s 25.5 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 7.2 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (28%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (44%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Plaid · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Plaid's Innovation Score is 25.5/100 (17th 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 Plaid?

Each dot is one of Plaid’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). Plaid’s own 18.7 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.

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

Where Plaid's grants concentrate

Plaid Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Plaid sits between Pinnacle Vista, LLC and Plasmability, LLC.

Pinnacle Vista

7
Pinwrest Developm…

7
Pixameter

7
Pixie Dust

7
Plan D Fishing So…

7
Planetair Turf Pr…

7
Planetary Systems

7
Plasmability

7
Plaid ◀

7

What this shows Plaid holds 7 patents at rank #37,021, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Plaid

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,021 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Plaid's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

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

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Plaid Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%
2018	2	28.6%
2019	2	28.6%
2020	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Plaid Technologies, Inc. patent most?

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 7

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

Top 4 of 4 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

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

Plaid Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #36,988 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Plaid Technologies, Inc. against Pinnacle Vista, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.5/100 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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