Where does Quality Edge, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Quality Edge, Inc. ranks #15,562 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 Quality Edge, Inc. hold?

Quality Edge, Inc. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Quality Edge, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Quality Edge, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.9 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Quality Edge, Inc. focus on?

Quality Edge, Inc.'s top technology area is E04D (Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools) with 11 patents, ranking #25 of 243 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Quality Edge, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Quality Edge, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -64% 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 Quality Edge, Inc.'s patents?

Quality Edge, Inc.'s patents average 15.8 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 Quality Edge, 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

Quality Edge, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: E04D (Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Quality ranks #15,562 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 6 technology areas.

#15,562
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.9/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -64%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15562 · US Corporation #15,562 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,562/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Prometheus Applied
CPC-NARROW E04D · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -64% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Prometheus Applied Technologies 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.

How Quality’s 41.9 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 10.3 pts (25%) Velocity 13.3 pts (32%) Breadth 8.7 pts (21%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Quality Edge · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Quality's Innovation Score is 41.9/100 (top 32% 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 Quality?

Each dot is one of Quality’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). Quality’s own 15.8 claims/patent is at or below the 18.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Quality's grants concentrate

Quality Edge, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 57.9% of grants classified under E04D (Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Quality sits between Prometheus Applied Technologies LLC and Quirklogic, Inc..

Quality's three-year grant acceleration

Quality Edge, Inc. shows 4 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.

Prometheus Applied

19
Proprietary

19
Q (Cue)

19
QC Ware

19
Quality MAT

19
Questek Innovatio…

19
Qioptiq

19
Quirklogic

19
Quality Edge ◀

19

What this shows Quality holds 19 patents at rank #15,557, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Quality

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,557 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04D (Roof Coverings)

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

Quality's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Quality Edge, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	26.3%
2016	4	21.1%
2017	3	15.8%
2018	1	5.3%
2019	1	5.3%
2020	1	5.3%
2022	2	10.5%
2023	2	10.5%

Which technologies does Quality Edge, Inc. patent most?

E04D - Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools 11

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 6

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 6

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Quality Edge, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Quality Edge, Inc.'s lead technology class is E04D (Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools), 57.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04D
Ranked #15,562 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Quality Edge, Inc. against Prometheus Applied Technologies LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.9/100 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

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.