Overall rank by patents
#14,224
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Quad/graphics ranks #14,224 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 16 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R14224 · US Corporation #14,224 · 21 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Progenics Pharmaceuticals, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Beijing Apollo DING… · near
37 score
Constellation Pharma… · near
37 score
Omega Ophthalmics · near
37 score
Quad/graphics · this assignee
37 score
RELX · near
37 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Quad/graphics, Inc. stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #14,224 of 50,000; Innovation Score 36.6/100 sits in the top 46% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (±0 grants).
Quad/graphics, Inc. has been granted 21 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Quad/graphics, Inc. at #14,224 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 16 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 15.9 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING). As a US Corporation, Quad/graphics, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Quad/graphics sits between Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (21 patents, rank #14,218) and RAYS Optics Inc. (21 patents, rank #14,226) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 36.6/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 4 grants, compared with 16 in the 2015–2019 window, a -75% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Quad/graphics, Inc.'s 15.9 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 16 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
21 patents
Q Bio, Inc.
21 patents
QIANHAI JUNDA (SHENZHEN) EQUITY INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
21 patents
QINGDAO SENTURY TIRE CO., LTD.
21 patents
Quantum Interface LLC
21 patents
Queensland University of Technology
21 patents
RANDL Industries, Inc.
21 patents
RAYS OPTICS INC.
21 patents
Quad/Graphics, Inc.
21 patents
What this shows Quad/graphics holds 21 patents at rank #14,222, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #14,222 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Quad/graphics's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Quad/graphics, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).
Quad/graphics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
37 Top 46% higher than 54% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | 33.3% |
| 2016 | 3 | 14.3% |
| 2017 | 2 | 9.5% |
| 2019 | 4 | 19.0% |
| 2020 | 2 | 9.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 4.8% |
| 2024 | 1 | 4.8% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 4.8% |
Top 15 of 16 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#14,224
of 50,000 tracked assignees
36.6 out of 100
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