Where does Platypus Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Platypus Technologies, LLC ranks #32,881 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 Platypus Technologies, LLC hold?

Platypus Technologies, LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Platypus Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

Platypus Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 34.2 out of 100 (47th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Platypus Technologies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Platypus Technologies, LLC's recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Platypus Technologies, LLC's patents?

Platypus Technologies, LLC's patents average 15.5 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 Platypus Technologies, 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

Platypus Technologies, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Platypus Technologies, LLC focus on?

Platypus Technologies, LLC's top technology area is B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures) with 7 patents, ranking #301 of 1,598 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Platypus ranks #32,881 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 9 technology areas.

#32,881
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.2/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32881 · US Corporation #32,881 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,881/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Planar Motor…
CPC-NARROW B82Y · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Planar Motor Incorporated (±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 Platypus’s 34.2 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 7.6 pts (22%) Velocity 6.7 pts (20%) Breadth 10.6 pts (31%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Platypus · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Platypus's Innovation Score is 34.2/100 (47th 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 Platypus?

Each dot is one of Platypus’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). Platypus’s own 15.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Platypus's grants concentrate

Platypus Technologies, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Platypus sits between Planar Motor Incorporated and POC Sweden AB.

Platypus's three-year grant acceleration

Platypus Technologies, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Planar Motor Inco…

8
Plant Sensory Sys…

8
Plasma-therm NES

8
Plastpro 2000

8
Pleut Pieds

8
Plex

8
Plsense

8
POC Sweden AB

8
Platypus ◀

8

What this shows Platypus holds 8 patents at rank #32,819, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Platypus

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,819 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF Nanostructures)

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

Platypus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Platypus Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	25.0%
2016	1	12.5%
2017	3	37.5%
2018	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Platypus Technologies, LLC patent most?

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 2

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

C40B - Combinatorial CHEMISTRY; Libraries, e.g. Chemical Libraries 1

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Platypus Technologies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Platypus Technologies, LLC's lead technology class is B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B82Y
Ranked #32,881 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Platypus Technologies, LLC against Planar Motor Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.2/100 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

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