Where does Pypestream Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pypestream Inc. ranks #25,043 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 Pypestream Inc. hold?

Pypestream Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Pypestream Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pypestream Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.9 out of 100 (43rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Pypestream Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pypestream Inc.'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 Pypestream Inc.'s patents?

Pypestream Inc.'s patents average 22.8 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 Pypestream 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

Pypestream Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Pypestream Inc. focus on?

Pypestream Inc.'s top technology area is Y02D (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE) with 11 patents, ranking #291 of 1,908 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: Y02D (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pypestream ranks #25,043 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 5 technology areas.

#25,043
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.9/100): 22.8
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25043 · US Corporation #25,043 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,043/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ProtoStar a Delaware
CPC-NARROW Y02D · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (±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 Pypestream’s 32.9 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 8.6 pts (26%) Velocity 2.7 pts (8%) Breadth 7.9 pts (24%) Claim depth 13.7 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Pypestream · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Pypestream's Innovation Score is 32.9/100 (43rd 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 Pypestream?

Each dot is one of Pypestream’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). Pypestream’s own 22.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pypestream's grants concentrate

Pypestream Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under Y02D (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Pypestream sits between ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware Corporation and Qingdao Hater Special Refrigerator Co., Ltd.

Pypestream's three-year grant acceleration

Pypestream Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Protostar a Delaw…

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Public Joint Stoc…

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Pure Watercraft

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Pvolve

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Pyramid Technical…

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Q-free ASA

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What this shows Pypestream holds 11 patents at rank #25,027, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pypestream

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,027 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02D (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND…)

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

Pypestream's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Pypestream Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	9.1%
2017	2	18.2%
2018	1	9.1%
2019	1	9.1%
2020	2	18.2%
2021	2	18.2%
2022	1	9.1%
2024	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Pypestream Inc. patent most?

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 11

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

Top 5 of 5 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

Pypestream Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pypestream Inc.'s lead technology class is Y02D (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02D
Ranked #25,043 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pypestream Inc. against ProtoStar, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.9/100 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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