Overall rank by patents
#3,855
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 94 granted patents across 17 technology areas, active 2017–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: H04W (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS).
The verdict
Plume holds 94 US patents across 17 technology areas, rank #3,855 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
Plume Design, Inc. has been granted 94 US utility patents between 2017 and 2025, placing Plume Design, Inc. at rank #3,855 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 17 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 18.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in H04W (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS). As a US Corporation, Plume Design, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Plume sits between Mertec, Llc (94 patents, rank #3,851) and Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation (94 patents, rank #3,859) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 49.9/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 76 grants, compared with 18 in the 2015–2019 window, a +322% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Plume Design, Inc.'s 18.3 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while concentration in 17 subclasses points to a focused technical program. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Plume Design, Inc. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Mertec, LLC
94 patents
MiMedx Group, Inc.
94 patents
Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
94 patents
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM
94 patents
RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY LLC
94 patents
SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
94 patents
SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
94 patents
Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation
94 patents
PLUME DESIGN, INC.
94 patents
What this shows Plume holds 94 patents at rank #3,855, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #3,855 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Plume's primary technology class.
Plume's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 4.3% |
| 2018 | 3 | 3.2% |
| 2019 | 11 | 11.7% |
| 2020 | 10 | 10.6% |
| 2021 | 6 | 6.4% |
| 2022 | 12 | 12.8% |
| 2023 | 9 | 9.6% |
| 2024 | 14 | 14.9% |
| 2025 | 25 | 26.6% |
Top 15 of 17 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#3,855
Across all tracked assignees
49.9 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Plume's 94 grants land it in the top 14% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
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.