Where does Primordial Soup, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Primordial Soup, LLC ranks #49,762 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 Primordial Soup, LLC hold?

Primordial Soup, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Primordial Soup, LLC's Innovation Score?

Primordial Soup, LLC has an Innovation Score of 21.8 out of 100 (9th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Primordial Soup, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Primordial Soup, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Primordial Soup, LLC's patents?

Primordial Soup, LLC's patents average 14.2 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 Primordial Soup, 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

Primordial Soup, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Primordial Soup, LLC focus on?

Primordial Soup, LLC's top technology area is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing) with 3 patents, ranking #454 of 2,095 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Primordial ranks #49,762 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#49,762
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.8/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49762 · US Corporation #49,762 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,762/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Primary Marking…
CPC-NARROW F16B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Primary Marking Systems, 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 Primordial’s 21.8 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 6.2 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (33%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Primordial Soup · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Primordial's Innovation Score is 21.8/100 (9th 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 Primordial?

Each dot is one of Primordial’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). Primordial’s own 14.2 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Primordial's grants concentrate

Primordial Soup, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Primordial sits between Primary Marking Systems, Inc. and Pro-Hitter Corporation.

Primary Marking S…

5
Prime Photonics LC

5
Primes Messtechni…

5
Primo Wind

5
Primus Green Ener…

5
Princeton Lightwa…

5
Pro-boards

5
Pro-hitter

5
Primordial Soup ◀

5

What this shows Primordial holds 5 patents at rank #49,814, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Primordial

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,814 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

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

Primordial's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Primordial Soup, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	40.0%
2016	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Primordial Soup, LLC patent most?

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

Top 4 of 4 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

Primordial Soup, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Primordial Soup, LLC's lead technology class is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16B
Ranked #49,762 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Primordial Soup, LLC against Primary Marking Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.8/100 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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