Where does RAF Technology, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), RAF Technology, Inc. ranks #27,229 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 RAF Technology, Inc. hold?

RAF Technology, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is RAF Technology, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

RAF Technology, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.1 out of 100 (36th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does RAF Technology, Inc. focus on?

RAF Technology, Inc.'s top technology area is G01G (Weighing) with 5 patents, ranking #53 of 427 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is RAF Technology, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

RAF Technology, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 RAF Technology, Inc.'s patents?

RAF Technology, Inc.'s patents average 16.7 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 RAF Technology, 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

RAF Technology, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: G01G (Weighing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, RAF ranks #27,229 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 13 technology areas.

#27,229
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.1/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27229 · US Corporation #27,229 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,229/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH R3vox
CPC-FOCUS G01G · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: R3vox Ltd (±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 RAF’s 31.1 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 8.3 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
RAF Technology · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows RAF's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (36th 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 RAF?

Each dot is one of RAF’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). RAF’s own 16.7 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.

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

Where RAF's grants concentrate

RAF Technology, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under G01G (Weighing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, RAF sits between R.W. Beckett Corporation and Ranger Design Inc..

R W Beckett

10
R3vox

10
RAD AI

10
Radial

10
Railway Equipment

10
Railway Technical…

10
Ramona Optics

10
Ranger Design

10
RAF Technology ◀

10

What this shows RAF holds 10 patents at rank #27,221, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near RAF

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,221 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01G (Weighing)

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

RAF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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RAF Technology, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	70.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	2	20.0%

Which technologies does RAF Technology, Inc. patent most?

G01G - Weighing 5

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 5

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G07B - Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

H04B - Transmission 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 13 of 13 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

RAF Technology, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

RAF Technology, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01G (Weighing), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01G
Ranked #27,229 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare RAF Technology, Inc. against R.W. Beckett Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.1/100 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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