Where does Preferred Technology, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Preferred Technology, LLC ranks #15,547 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 Technology, LLC hold?

Preferred Technology, LLC holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Preferred Technology, LLC's Innovation Score?

Preferred Technology, LLC has an Innovation Score of 32.3 out of 100 (41st percentile 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 Technology, LLC focus on?

Preferred Technology, LLC's top technology area is C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere) with 19 patents, ranking #164 of 1,605 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Preferred Technology, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Preferred Technology, LLC's recent grant velocity is -50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Preferred Technology, LLC's patents?

Preferred Technology, LLC's patents average 17.1 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 Technology, LLC 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

Preferred Technology, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 9 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: C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Preferred ranks #15,547 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 9 technology areas.

#15,547
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.3/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15547 · US Corporation #15,547 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,547/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Population BIO
CPC-NARROW C09K · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Population BIO, Inc. (±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 32.3 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 10.3 pts (32%) Velocity 1.1 pts (3%) Breadth 10.6 pts (33%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Preferred Technology · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Preferred's Innovation Score is 32.3/100 (41st percentile 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 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 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 Technology, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Preferred sits between Population BIO, Inc. and Progenity, Inc..

Preferred's three-year grant acceleration

Preferred Technology, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Population BIO

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Pqsecure

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Preco

19
Premark FEG L L C

19
Probiodrug

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Prodrone

19
Progenity

19
Preferred Technol… ◀

19

What this shows Preferred holds 19 patents at rank #15,531, 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 #15,531 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications)

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

Preferred's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% 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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Preferred Technology, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	10.5%
2016	2	10.5%
2017	4	21.1%
2018	3	15.8%
2019	1	5.3%
2020	3	15.8%
2021	2	10.5%
2023	1	5.3%
2025partial year	1	5.3%

Which technologies does Preferred Technology, LLC patent most?

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 19

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 5

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 1

Top 9 of 9 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 Technology, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Preferred Technology, LLC's lead technology class is C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09K
Ranked #15,547 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Preferred Technology, LLC against Population BIO, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.3/100 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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