Where does Pretty Litter, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pretty Litter, Inc. ranks #42,426 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 Pretty Litter, Inc. hold?

Pretty Litter, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Pretty Litter, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pretty Litter, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.2 out of 100 (14th 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 Pretty Litter, Inc. focus on?

Pretty Litter, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 3 patents, ranking #4,165 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Pretty Litter, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pretty Litter, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Pretty Litter, Inc.'s patents?

Pretty Litter, Inc.'s patents average 10.3 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 Pretty Litter, 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

Pretty Litter, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pretty ranks #42,426 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#42,426
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.2/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42426 · US Corporation #42,426 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,426/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Predl Systems North…
CPC-NARROW A61B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Predl Systems North America 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 Pretty’s 24.2 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 (28%) Velocity 3.3 pts (14%) Breadth 7.9 pts (33%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Pretty Litter · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Pretty's Innovation Score is 24.2/100 (14th 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 Pretty?

Each dot is one of Pretty’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). Pretty’s own 10.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pretty's grants concentrate

Pretty Litter, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). By volume, Pretty sits between Predl Systems North America Inc. and Prime Bio, Inc..

Pretty's three-year grant acceleration

Pretty Litter, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Predl Systems Nor…

6
Preferred Tool &…

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What this shows Pretty holds 6 patents at rank #42,437, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pretty

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,437 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Pretty's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% 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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Pretty Litter, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%
2025partial year	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Pretty Litter, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

A61D - Veterinary Instruments, Implements, Tools, OR Methods 3

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 3

Top 5 of 5 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

Pretty Litter, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pretty Litter, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #42,426 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pretty Litter, Inc. against Predl Systems North America Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.2/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.