Where does Preferred Networks, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Preferred Networks, Inc. ranks #4,639 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 Preferred Networks, Inc. hold?

Preferred Networks, Inc. holds 76 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Preferred Networks, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Preferred Networks, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 63.1 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Preferred Networks, Inc. focus on?

Preferred Networks, Inc.'s top technology area is G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models) with 46 patents, ranking #197 of 4,479 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

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

Preferred Networks, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +917% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Preferred Networks, Inc.'s patents average 24.9 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 Preferred Networks, 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

Preferred Networks, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 76 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Preferred ranks #4,639 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 76 patents across 19 technology areas.

#4,639
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.1/100): 24.9
avg claims per patent: +917%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4639 · Foreign Corporation #4,639 · 76 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 76 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,639/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nanjing University…
CPC-FOCUS G06N · 19 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +917% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanjing University OF Posts AND Telecommunications (±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 Preferred’s 63.1 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 15.0 pts (24%) Velocity 17.8 pts (28%) Breadth 15.4 pts (24%) Claim depth 14.9 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Magna Exteriors · near

63
AI Incorporated · near

63
Penumbra · near

63
Preferred Networks · this assignee

63
NEW York University · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Preferred's Innovation Score is 63.1/100 (top 2% 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 Preferred?

Each dot is one of Preferred’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). Preferred’s own 24.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Preferred's grants concentrate

Preferred Networks, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 60.5% of grants classified under G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (21 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Preferred sits between Nanjing University OF Posts AND Telecommunications and Sphero, Inc..

Preferred's three-year grant acceleration

Preferred Networks, Inc. shows 48 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Nanjing Universit…

76
Nuvectra

76
Opex

76
Paris Presents In…

76
Rochester Institu…

76
Samson Aktiengese…

76
Shanghai Research…

76
Sphero

76
Preferred Networks ◀

76

What this shows Preferred holds 76 patents at rank #4,639, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Preferred

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,639 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Mo…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Preferred, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Mo…), Preferred ranks #197 of 4,479 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Penumbra, Inc. 63 AI Incorporated 63 Magna Exteriors Inc. 63 NEW York University 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.9 here).

Mojo Mobility Inc. 24.9 avg Iscar, Ltd. 24.9 avg Atheer, Inc. 24.9 avg Dreamworks Animation LLC 24.8 avg

Preferred's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Preferred Networks, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	1.3%
2019	5	6.6%
2020	5	6.6%
2021	8	10.5%
2022	14	18.4%
2023	13	17.1%
2024	21	27.6%
2025partial year	9	11.8%

Which technologies does Preferred Networks, Inc. patent most?

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 46

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 28

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 23

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 15

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 13

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 10

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

G16C - Computational CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; Computational Materials Science 3

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 2

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 2

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 2

Top 15 of 19 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

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

Preferred Networks, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models), 60.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06N
Ranked #4,639 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Preferred Networks, Inc. against Nanjing University OF Posts AND Telecommunications, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.1/100 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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