Where does Raffel Systems, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Raffel Systems, LLC ranks #4,978 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 Raffel Systems, LLC hold?

Raffel Systems, LLC holds 70 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Raffel Systems, LLC's Innovation Score?

Raffel Systems, LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.6 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Raffel Systems, LLC focus on?

Raffel Systems, LLC's top technology area is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds) with 15 patents, ranking #46 of 728 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Raffel Systems, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Raffel Systems, LLC's recent grant velocity is -53% 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 Raffel Systems, LLC's patents?

Raffel Systems, LLC's patents average 4.9 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 Raffel Systems, LLC 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

Raffel Systems, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 70 granted patents across 14 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: A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Raffel ranks #4,978 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 70 patents across 14 technology areas.

#4,978
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.6/100): 4.9
avg claims per patent: -53%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4978 · US Corporation #4,978 · 70 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 70 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,978/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Outward
CPC-FOCUS A47C · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -53% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Outward, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hope Medical… · near

36
Eugster / Frismag · near

36
Raffel Systems · this assignee

36
Acorn · near

36
Oase · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Raffel's Innovation Score is 35.6/100 (top 49% 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.

Where Raffel's grants concentrate

Raffel Systems, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 21.4% of grants classified under A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (13 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2021. By volume, Raffel sits between Outward, Inc. and Stmicroelectronics (GRAND OUEST) SAS.

Raffel's three-year grant acceleration

Raffel Systems, LLC shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Outward

70
Popsockets

70
Pelican Imaging

70
Rf360 Singapore P…

70
SF Motors

70
Shanghai Institut…

70
Spts

70
Stmicroelectronic…

70
Raffel Systems ◀

70

What this shows Raffel holds 70 patents at rank #4,979, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Raffel

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,979 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47C (Chairs)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Raffel, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47C (Chairs), Raffel ranks #46 of 728 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Eugster / Frismag AG 36 Hope Medical Enterprises, Inc. 36 Acorn Technologies, Inc. 36 Oase GmbH 36

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (4.9 here).

Watkins Manufacturing Corporation 4.9 avg Telebrands Corp. 4.9 avg Shinano Kenshi Kabushiki Kaisha 4.9 avg Microtech Knives, Inc. 4.9 avg

Raffel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 49% higher than 51% 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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Raffel Systems, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	17.1%
2016	9	12.9%
2017	6	8.6%
2018	13	18.6%
2019	7	10.0%
2020	7	10.0%
2021	3	4.3%
2022	3	4.3%
2023	5	7.1%
2024	4	5.7%
2025partial year	1	1.4%

Which technologies does Raffel Systems, LLC patent most?

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 15

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 14

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 13

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 13

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 13

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 13

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 13

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 13

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,978

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Raffel Systems, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Raffel Systems, LLC's lead technology class is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds), 21.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47C
Ranked #4,978 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Raffel Systems, LLC against Outward, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.6/100 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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