Where does Pointcloud Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pointcloud Inc. ranks #42,384 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 Pointcloud Inc. hold?

Pointcloud Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Pointcloud Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pointcloud Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.3 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Pointcloud Inc..

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

Pointcloud Inc.'s patents average 19.0 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 Pointcloud 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 Foreign Corporation

Pointcloud Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Pointcloud Inc. focus on?

Pointcloud Inc.'s top technology area is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves) with 6 patents, ranking #850 of 3,153 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pointcloud ranks #42,384 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 3 technology areas.

#42,384
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.3/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42384 · Foreign Corporation #42,384 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,384/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Plásticos Técnicos…
CPC-NARROW G01S · 3 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Plásticos Técnicos Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (±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 Pointcloud’s 44.3 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 6.7 pts (15%) Velocity 20.0 pts (45%) Breadth 6.1 pts (14%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Pointcloud · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pointcloud's Innovation Score is 44.3/100 (top 26% 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 Pointcloud?

Each dot is one of Pointcloud’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). Pointcloud’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pointcloud's grants concentrate

Pointcloud Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Pointcloud sits between Plickers Inc. and Poly-Wood, LLC.

Pointcloud's three-year grant acceleration

Pointcloud Inc. shows 4 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.

Plickers

6
Plum PBC

6
Plásticos Técnico…

6
Pocket Naloxone

6
Pokelabo

6
Poli-model S R L

6
Pollard Banknote

6
Poly-wood

6
Pointcloud ◀

6

What this shows Pointcloud holds 6 patents at rank #42,417, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pointcloud

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,417 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

Pointcloud's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Pointcloud Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	3	50.0%
2024	1	16.7%
2025partial year	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Pointcloud Inc. patent most?

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 6

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

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 2

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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Pointcloud Inc.'s lead technology class is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01S
Ranked #42,384 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pointcloud Inc. against Plickers Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.3/100 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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