Where does Protalus, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Protalus, LLC ranks #10,728 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 Protalus, LLC hold?

Protalus, LLC holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Protalus, LLC's Innovation Score?

Protalus, LLC has an Innovation Score of 19.6 out of 100 (6th 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 Protalus, LLC focus on?

Protalus, LLC's top technology area is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear) with 1 patents, ranking #195 of 317 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

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

Protalus, LLC's recent grant velocity is -39% 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 Protalus, LLC's patents?

Protalus, LLC's patents average 1.6 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 Protalus, 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

Protalus, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Protalus ranks #10,728 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 1 technology areas.

#10,728
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 6th percentile
by Innovation Score (19.6/100): 1.6
avg claims per patent: -39%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10728 · US Corporation #10,728 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,728/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Palo Alto Investors
CPC-NARROW A43B · 1 areas
INNOV-LOW 19.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -39% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Palo Alto Investors LP (±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 Protalus’s 19.6 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 11.7 pts (60%) Velocity 3.3 pts (17%) Breadth 3.5 pts (18%) Claim depth 1.0 pts (5%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Yves Saint Laurent · near

20
Henglin Home… · near

20
Protalus · this assignee

20
Terra Nova Nurseries · near

20
Gymworld · near

20
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Protalus's Innovation Score is 19.6/100 (6th 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 Protalus?

Each dot is one of Protalus’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). Protalus’s own 1.6 claims/patent is at or below the 12.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Protalus's grants concentrate

Protalus, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 3.4% of grants classified under A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Protalus sits between Pctel, Inc. and Qingdao Haier AIR Conditioner General Corp., Ltd..

Protalus's three-year grant acceleration

Protalus, LLC shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Pctel

29
Pegavision

29
Powdermet

29
Probiotical S P A

29
Palo Alto Investo…

29
Phazr

29
Prüftechnik Diete…

29
Qingdao Haier AIR…

29
Protalus ◀

29

What this shows Protalus holds 29 patents at rank #10,725, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Protalus

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,725 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Protalus, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear), Protalus ranks #195 of 317 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (20 here).

Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. 20 Henglin Home Furnishings Co., Ltd. 20 Gymworld Inc. 20 Yves Saint Laurent 20

Protalus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

20 6th percentile higher than 6% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Protalus, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	3.4%
2018	7	24.1%
2019	10	34.5%
2020	3	10.3%
2021	1	3.4%
2022	2	6.9%
2023	4	13.8%
2024	1	3.4%

Which technologies does Protalus, LLC patent most?

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 1

Top 1 of 1 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

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

Protalus, LLC's lead technology class is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear), 3.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A43B
Ranked #10,728 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Protalus, LLC against Pctel, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 19.6/100 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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