Where does Prototype and Production Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Prototype and Production Systems, Inc. ranks #49,817 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 Prototype and Production Systems, Inc. hold?

Prototype and Production Systems, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2024, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Prototype and Production Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Prototype and Production Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.0 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Prototype and Production Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Prototype and Production Systems, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Prototype and Production Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Prototype and Production Systems, Inc.'s patents average 18.8 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 Prototype and Production Systems, 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

Prototype and Production Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Prototype and Production Systems, Inc. focus on?

Prototype and Production Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors) with 5 patents, ranking #200 of 598 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2024. 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: B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Prototype ranks #49,817 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 1 technology areas.

#49,817
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.0/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49817 · US Corporation #49,817 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,817/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Protagen
CPC-NARROW B41J · 1 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2023–2024 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Protagen AG (±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 Prototype’s 41.0 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 (15%) Velocity 20.0 pts (49%) Breadth 3.5 pts (9%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (28%)

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What this shows Prototype's Innovation Score is 41.0/100 (top 34% 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 Prototype?

Each dot is one of Prototype’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). Prototype’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Prototype's grants concentrate

Prototype and Production Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Prototype sits between Protagen AG and Prym Intimates Group Limited.

Prototype's three-year grant acceleration

Prototype and Production Systems, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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What this shows Prototype holds 5 patents at rank #49,844, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Prototype

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,844 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41J (Typewriters)

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

Prototype's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Prototype and Production Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	4	80.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Prototype and Production Systems, Inc. patent most?

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 5

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

Prototype and Production Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Prototype and Production Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41J
Ranked #49,817 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Prototype and Production Systems, Inc. against Protagen AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.0/100 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

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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.