Where does Playpower, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Playpower, Inc. ranks #27,138 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 Playpower, Inc. hold?

Playpower, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Playpower, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Playpower, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.0 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Playpower, Inc. focus on?

Playpower, Inc.'s top technology area is A63G (MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; Similar Devices FOR Public Amusement) with 1 patents, ranking #70 of 109 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

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

Playpower, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +800% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Playpower, Inc.'s patents average 4.5 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 Playpower, 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

Playpower, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: A63G (MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; Similar Devices FOR Public Amusement).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Playpower ranks #27,138 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 4 technology areas.

#27,138
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.0/100): 4.5
avg claims per patent: +800%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27138 · US Corporation #27,138 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,138/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Plansee Composite…
CPC-NARROW A63G · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +800% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Plansee Composite Materials GMBH (±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 Playpower’s 38.0 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 8.3 pts (22%) Velocity 20.0 pts (52%) Breadth 7.1 pts (19%) Claim depth 2.7 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Playpower · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Playpower's Innovation Score is 38.0/100 (top 42% 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 Playpower?

Each dot is one of Playpower’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). Playpower’s own 4.5 claims/patent is at or below the 13.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Playpower's grants concentrate

Playpower, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 10% of grants classified under A63G (MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; Similar Devices FOR Public Amusement). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Playpower sits between Plansee Composite Materials GMBH and Plus ONE Robotics, Inc..

Playpower's three-year grant acceleration

Playpower, Inc. shows 9 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.

Plansee Composite…

10
Plasmatica

10
Plastic Developme…

10
Play'n GO Marks

10
Playsight Interac…

10
Plexbio

10
PLK

10
Plus ONE Robotics

10
Playpower ◀

10

What this shows Playpower holds 10 patents at rank #27,090, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Playpower

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,090 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63G (Merry-go-rounds)

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

Playpower's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

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

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Playpower, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	10.0%
2022	5	50.0%
2024	4	40.0%

Which technologies does Playpower, Inc. patent most?

A63G - MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; Similar Devices FOR Public Amusement 1

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

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

Playpower, Inc.'s lead technology class is A63G (MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; Similar Devices FOR Public Amusement), 10% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63G
Ranked #27,138 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Playpower, Inc. against Plansee Composite Materials GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.0/100 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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