Where does Process Retail Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Process Retail Group, Inc. ranks #32,941 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 Process Retail Group, Inc. hold?

Process Retail Group, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Process Retail Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Process Retail Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.2 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Process Retail Group, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Process Retail Group, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Process Retail Group, Inc.'s patents?

Process Retail Group, Inc.'s patents average 17.8 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 Process Retail Group, 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

Process Retail Group, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Process Retail Group, Inc. focus on?

Process Retail Group, Inc.'s top technology area is A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters) with 8 patents, ranking #49 of 482 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Process ranks #32,941 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#32,941
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.2/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32941 · US Corporation #32,941 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,941/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Procella Therapeutic…
CPC-NARROW A47F · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Procella Therapeutics AB (±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 Process’s 40.2 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 7.6 pts (19%) Velocity 13.3 pts (33%) Breadth 8.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hultafors Group AB · near

40
Iogen Energy · near

40
NETZSCH-Gerätebau · near

40
Process Retail Group · this assignee

40
Ultra-Mek · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Process's Innovation Score is 40.2/100 (top 36% 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 Process?

Each dot is one of Process’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). Process’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Process's grants concentrate

Process Retail Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Process sits between ProCom Heating, Inc. and Projecta Engineering S.r.l..

Process's three-year grant acceleration

Process Retail Group, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Procom Heating

8
Promis Neuroscien…

8
Proverum

8
Procella Therapeu…

8
Proclara Bioscien…

8
Progressive Globa…

8
Progressive Home…

8
Projecta Engineer…

8
Process Retail Gr… ◀

8

What this shows Process holds 8 patents at rank #32,945, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Process

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,945 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47F (Special Furniture)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Process, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47F (Special Furniture), Process ranks #49 of 482 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Hultafors Group AB 40 Iogen Energy Corporation 40 Ultra-Mek, Inc. 40 NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH 40

Process's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Process Retail Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	50.0%
2018	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2022	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Process Retail Group, Inc. patent most?

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 8

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 4

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 1

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Process Retail Group, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Process Retail Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47F
Ranked #32,941 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Process Retail Group, Inc. against ProCom Heating, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.2/100 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

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