Where does Play-i, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Play-i, Inc. ranks #21,614 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Play-i, Inc. hold?

Play-i, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Play-i, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Play-i, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.3 out of 100 (top 83% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Play-i, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Play-i, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Play-i, Inc.'s patents?

Play-i, Inc.'s patents average 12.5 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 Play-i, 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

Play-i, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Play-i, Inc. focus on?

Play-i, Inc.'s top technology area is G09B (EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G09B (EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Play-i ranks #21,614 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 6 technology areas.

#21,614
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 83%
by Innovation Score (25.3/100): 12.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21614 · US Corporation #21,614 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,614/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Photon Systems
CPC-NARROW G09B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Photon Systems, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Play-i · this assignee

25
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Play-i's Innovation Score is 25.3/100 (top 83% 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.

Where Play-i's grants concentrate

Play-i, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 53.8% of grants classified under G09B (EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Play-i sits between Photon Systems, Inc. and Post Consumer Brands, Llc.

Photon Systems

13
Piasecki Aircraft

13
Pinion

13
Placemeter

13
Playstudios

13
Plethora

13
Porex

13
Post Consumer Bra…

13
Play-i ◀

13

What this shows Play-i holds 13 patents at rank #21,623, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Play-i

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,623 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G09B (Educational OR Demonstration Appliances)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Play-i's primary technology class.

Play-i's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 Top 83% higher than 17% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Play-i, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.7%
2016	2	15.4%
2017	3	23.1%
2018	2	15.4%
2019	5	38.5%

Which technologies does Play-i, Inc. patent most?

G09B - EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS 7

Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS 7

A63H - TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS 6

G05B - CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS 6

B25J - MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES 6

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,614

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

25.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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