Where does Plume Design, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Plume Design, Inc. ranks #3,855 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 Plume Design, Inc. hold?

Plume Design, Inc. holds 94 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Plume Design, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Plume Design, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 49.9 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Plume Design, Inc. focus on?

Plume Design, Inc.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 60 patents, ranking #324 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

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

Plume Design, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +183% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Plume Design, Inc.'s patents average 18.3 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 Plume Design, 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

Plume Design, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 94 granted patents across 17 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Plume ranks #3,855 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 94 patents across 17 technology areas.

#3,855
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.9/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +183%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3855 · US Corporation #3,855 · 94 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 94 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,855/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mertec
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +183% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mertec, LLC (±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 Plume’s 49.9 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 15.7 pts (31%) Velocity 8.6 pts (17%) Breadth 14.6 pts (29%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
HannStar Display · near

50
Mitsubishi Aircraft · near

50
New York Air Brake · near

50
Plume Design · this assignee

50
Christie Digital… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Plume's Innovation Score is 49.9/100 (top 14% 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 Plume?

Each dot is one of Plume’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). Plume’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Plume's grants concentrate

Plume Design, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 63.8% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (14 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2018. By volume, Plume sits between Mertec, LLC and Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation.

Plume's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Plume Design, Inc. moved from 27 to 35 grants (1.30x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Mertec

94
Mimedx Group

94
Mitsuboshi Belting

94
National Universi…

94
Riverbed Technolo…

94
Sanyo Chemical In…

94
SUN Yat-sen Unive…

94
Shanghai Huali In…

94
Plume Design ◀

94

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.

Companies ranked near Plume

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,855 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Plume, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), Plume ranks #324 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

New York Air Brake LLC 50 Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation 50 HannStar Display Corporation 50 Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.3 here).

Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research 18.3 avg Pearson Education, Inc. 18.3 avg Dish Network L.L.C. 18.3 avg Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. 18.3 avg

Plume's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% 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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Plume Design, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
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%
2025partial year	25	26.6%

Which technologies does Plume Design, Inc. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 60

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 40

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 22

H04B - Transmission 13

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

H04Q - Selecting 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

H04J - Multiplex Communication 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 15 of 17 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

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

Plume Design, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 63.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #3,855 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Plume Design, Inc. against Mertec, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.9/100 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

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