Where does Position Imaging, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Position Imaging, Inc. ranks #5,621 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 Position Imaging, Inc. hold?

Position Imaging, Inc. holds 61 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Position Imaging, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Position Imaging, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.4 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Position Imaging, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +76% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Position Imaging, 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 Position Imaging, 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

Position Imaging, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Position Imaging, Inc. focus on?

Position Imaging, Inc.'s top technology area is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 29 patents, ranking #468 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 61 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Position ranks #5,621 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 61 patents across 20 technology areas.

#5,621
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.4/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +76%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5621 · US Corporation #5,621 · 61 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 61 grants
UPPER-Q #5,621/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Noritake
CPC-FOCUS G06Q · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +76% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Noritake Co., Limited (±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 Position’s 45.4 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 14.3 pts (31%) Velocity 4.4 pts (10%) Breadth 15.8 pts (35%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alstom Renewable · near

45
Nippon Filcon · near

45
Position Imaging · this assignee

45
Powercast · near

45
Q-linea AB · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Position's Innovation Score is 45.4/100 (top 23% 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 Position?

Each dot is one of Position’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). Position’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Position's grants concentrate

Position Imaging, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 47.5% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Position sits between Noritake Co., Limited and Raytheon Canada Limited.

Position's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Position Imaging, Inc. moved from 29 to 19 grants (0.66x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Noritake

61
OP Solutions

61
Paul Wurth

61
Pruitt Tool & Sup…

61
Qingdao Ecopure F…

61
Quantumscape

61
Qumulo

61
Raytheon Canada

61
Position Imaging ◀

61

What this shows Position holds 61 patents at rank #5,620, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Position

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,620 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Position, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…), Position ranks #468 of 6,520 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Alstom Renewable Technologies 45 Powercast Corporation 45 Q-linea AB 45 Nippon Filcon Co., Ltd. 45

Similar claim depth

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

Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation 18.3 avg Xiamen Tianma Display Technology Co., Ltd. 18.3 avg ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH 18.3 avg Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. 18.3 avg

Position's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Position Imaging, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.6%
2016	3	4.9%
2017	1	1.6%
2018	5	8.2%
2019	11	18.0%
2020	11	18.0%
2021	7	11.5%
2022	6	9.8%
2023	2	3.3%
2024	11	18.0%
2025partial year	3	4.9%

Which technologies does Position Imaging, Inc. patent most?

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 29

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 25

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 22

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 15

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 13

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 8

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 8

H04B - Transmission 7

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

Top 15 of 20 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

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

Position Imaging, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 47.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #5,621 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Position Imaging, Inc. against Noritake Co., Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.4/100 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

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