Where does Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation ranks #25,033 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation hold?

Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation's Innovation Score?

Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation has an Innovation Score of 22.0 out of 100 (top 90% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation's recent grant velocity is +20% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation's patents?

Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation's patents average 14.1 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 Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation 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

Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation focus on?

Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation's top technology area is A61H (PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: A61H (PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFI).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Protostar ranks #25,033 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 2 technology areas.

#25,033
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 90%
by Innovation Score (22.0/100): 14.1
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25033 · US Corporation #25,033 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,033/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Proctor Consulting
CPC-NARROW A61H · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Proctor Consulting, Llc (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Protostar A Delaware · this assignee

22
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Protostar's Innovation Score is 22.0/100 (top 90% 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.

Where Protostar's grants concentrate

Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under A61H (PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFI). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Protostar sits between Proctor Consulting, Llc and Pypestream Inc..

Proctor Consulting

11
Profire Energy

11
Progressive Steri…

11
Propex Operating

11
Public Joint Stoc…

11
Pure Watercraft

11
Pvolve

11
Pypestream

11
Protostar a Delaw… ◀

11

What this shows Protostar holds 11 patents at rank #25,023, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Protostar

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,023 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61H (Physical Therapy Apparatus)

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

Protostar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 Top 90% higher than 10% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

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

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Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	9.1%
2018	1	9.1%
2019	3	27.3%
2020	5	45.5%
2021	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Protostar, Inc., A Delaware Corporation patent most?

A61H - PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY 9

A61G - TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS ; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES 2

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#25,033

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

22.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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