Where does R.A Jones & Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), R.A Jones & Co. ranks #14,883 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 R.A Jones & Co. hold?

R.A Jones & Co. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is R.A Jones & Co.'s Innovation Score?

R.A Jones & Co. has an Innovation Score of 38.3 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does R.A Jones & Co. focus on?

R.A Jones & Co.'s top technology area is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking) with 16 patents, ranking #77 of 1,343 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is R.A Jones & Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

R.A Jones & Co.'s recent grant velocity is -45% 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 R.A Jones & Co.'s patents?

R.A Jones & Co.'s patents average 12.9 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 R.A Jones & Co. 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

R.A Jones & Co.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 10 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: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, R.a ranks #14,883 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 10 technology areas.

#14,883
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.3/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: -45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14883 · US Corporation #14,883 · 20 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,883/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Qalo Holdings
CPC-FOCUS B65B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -45% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Qalo Holdings, 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 R.a’s 38.3 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 10.5 pts (27%) Velocity 8.9 pts (23%) Breadth 11.2 pts (29%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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R A Jones & · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows R.a's Innovation Score is 38.3/100 (top 41% 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 R.a?

Each dot is one of R.a’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). R.a’s own 12.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where R.a's grants concentrate

R.A Jones & Co. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, R.a sits between Qalo Holdings, LLC and RDP Technologies, Inc..

R.a's three-year grant acceleration

R.A Jones & Co. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Qalo Holdings

20
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Quick Quack Car W…

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RDP

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What this shows R.A holds 20 patents at rank #14,878, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near RA

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,878 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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

R.a's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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R.A Jones & Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	20.0%
2016	1	5.0%
2017	2	10.0%
2018	3	15.0%
2019	1	5.0%
2021	2	10.0%
2022	1	5.0%
2023	1	5.0%
2024	2	10.0%
2025partial year	3	15.0%

Which technologies does R.A Jones & Co. patent most?

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 16

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 11

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

Top 10 of 10 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

R.A Jones & Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

R.A Jones & Co.'s lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
Ranked #14,883 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare R.A Jones & Co. against Qalo Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.3/100 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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