Where does Planet Social, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Planet Social, LLC ranks #23,212 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 Planet Social, LLC hold?

Planet Social, LLC holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Planet Social, LLC's Innovation Score?

Planet Social, LLC has an Innovation Score of 33.9 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Planet Social, LLC focus on?

Planet Social, LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 12 patents, ranking #3,141 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Planet Social, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Planet Social, LLC's recent grant velocity is -43% 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 Planet Social, LLC's patents?

Planet Social, LLC's patents average 17.5 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 Planet Social, LLC 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

Planet Social, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Planet ranks #23,212 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 5 technology areas.

#23,212
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.9/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23212 · US Corporation #23,212 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,212/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pioneer Natural…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pioneer Natural Resources USA, 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 Planet’s 33.9 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 8.9 pts (26%) Velocity 6.7 pts (20%) Breadth 7.9 pts (23%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Planet Social · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Planet's Innovation Score is 33.9/100 (46th 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 Planet?

Each dot is one of Planet’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). Planet’s own 17.5 claims/patent is at or below the 20.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Planet's grants concentrate

Planet Social, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Planet sits between Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. and Power Hero Corp..

Planet's three-year grant acceleration

Planet Social, LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Pioneer Natural R…

12
Pittway Sarl

12
Pixcell Medical

12
Pixieray Oy

12
Plusn

12
Podimetrics

12
Pointsource

12
Power Hero

12
Planet Social ◀

12

What this shows Planet holds 12 patents at rank #23,219, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Planet

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,219 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Planet's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Planet Social, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	16.7%
2018	3	25.0%
2019	2	16.7%
2020	1	8.3%
2022	1	8.3%
2023	1	8.3%
2024	1	8.3%
2025partial year	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Planet Social, LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 12

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 12

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 12

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 8

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Planet Social, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Planet Social, LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #23,212 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Planet Social, LLC against Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.9/100 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.