Where does Q-Free ASA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Q-Free ASA ranks #25,045 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 Q-Free ASA hold?

Q-Free ASA holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Q-Free ASA's Innovation Score?

Q-Free ASA has an Innovation Score of 36.1 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Q-Free ASA focus on?

Q-Free ASA's top technology area is G08G (Traffic Control Systems) with 8 patents, ranking #263 of 1,183 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Q-Free ASA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Q-Free ASA's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Q-Free ASA's patents?

Q-Free ASA's patents average 18.3 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 Q-Free ASA 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 Foreign Corporation

Q-Free ASA

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G08G (Traffic Control Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Q-free ranks #25,045 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 14 technology areas.

#25,045
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.1/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25045 · Foreign Corporation #25,045 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,045/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pure Watercraft
CPC-FOCUS G08G · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pure Watercraft, Inc. (±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 Q-free’s 36.1 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 (24%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 13.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Q-Free ASA · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Q-free's Innovation Score is 36.1/100 (top 47% 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 Q-free?

Each dot is one of Q-free’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). Q-free’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Q-free's grants concentrate

Q-Free ASA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under G08G (Traffic Control Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Q-free sits between Pure Watercraft, Inc. and QRI Group, LLC.

Q-free's three-year grant acceleration

Q-Free ASA shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Pure Watercraft

11
Pvolve

11
Pypestream

11
Pyramid Technical…

11
Qingdao Haier Lau…

11
Qingdao Hater Spe…

11
Qorvo Internation…

11
QRI Group

11
Q-free ASA ◀

11

What this shows Q-Free holds 11 patents at rank #25,029, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Q-Free

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,029 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G08G (Traffic Control Systems)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Q-Free's primary technology class.

Q-free's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Q-Free ASA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	27.3%
2018	4	36.4%
2019	1	9.1%
2021	1	9.1%
2023	1	9.1%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Q-Free ASA patent most?

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 8

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 5

G07B - Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

E01F - Additional Work, Such AS Equipping Roads OR THE Construction OF Platforms, Helicopter Landing Stages, Signs, Snow Fences, OR THE Like 1

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Q-Free ASA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Q-Free ASA's lead technology class is G08G (Traffic Control Systems), 72.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G08G
Ranked #25,045 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Q-Free ASA against Pure Watercraft, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.1/100 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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