Where does RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. ranks #987 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 RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. hold?

RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. holds 446 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 88 technology areas.

What is RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 64.4 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. focus on?

RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.'s top technology area is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices) with 430 patents, ranking #3 of 214 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 88 CPC subclasses total.

Is RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +135% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.'s patents?

RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.'s patents average 18.6 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 RAI Strategic Holdings, 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

RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 446 granted patents across 88 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, RAI ranks #987 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 446 patents across 88 technology areas.

#987
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.4/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: +135%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R987 · US Corporation #987 · 446 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 446 grants
TOP-DECILE #987/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ecole Polytechnique…
CPC-WIDE A24F · 88 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +135% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ecole Polytechnique Federale DE Lausanne (EPFL) (±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 RAI’s 64.4 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 21.1 pts (33%) Velocity 7.1 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
RAI Strategic Holdings · this assignee

64
University of… · near

64
Elwha · near

64
Mahle International · near

64
Memorial Sloan… · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows RAI's Innovation Score is 64.4/100 (top 2% 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 RAI?

Each dot is one of RAI’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). RAI’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How RAI's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. received 277 grants versus 118 in 2015–2019 (+135% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 69 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 8. Lead class A24F accounts for 96.4% of the portfolio across 88 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Wacker Chemie AG (#983) and Pirelli Tyre S.P.A. (#991).

RAI's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. moved from 161 to 172 grants (1.07x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,020. See the growth leaderboard.

Wacker Chemie

448
Yanmar Holdings

448
Universal City St…

447
Ecole Polytechniq…

446
Spectrum Diversif…

446
The Charles Stark…

446
RAI Strategic Hol… ◀

446
Nissan Chemical I…

445
Pirelli Tyre S P A

445

What this shows RAI holds 446 patents at rank #987, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near RAI

By rank, the assignees closest to #987 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24F (Smokers' Requisites)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for RAI, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A24F (Smokers' Requisites), RAI ranks #3 of 214 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

University of Central Florida Research Foundation 64 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 64 Elwha LLC 64 Mahle International GmbH 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.6 here).

LinkedIn Corporation 18.6 avg Forum US, Inc. 18.6 avg V-nova International Limited 18.6 avg McAlister Technologies, LLC 18.6 avg

RAI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	8	1.8%
2017	11	2.5%
2018	43	9.6%
2019	56	12.6%
2020	61	13.7%
2021	44	9.9%
2022	41	9.2%
2023	62	13.9%
2024	69	15.5%
2025partial year	51	11.4%

Which technologies does RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. patent most?

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 430

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 220

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 198

A24D - CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces 58

A24B - Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff 58

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 50

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 35

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 28

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 23

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 22

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 22

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 20

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 18

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 16

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 15

Top 15 of 88 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

RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.'s lead technology class is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices), 96.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24F
Ranked #987 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. against Wacker Chemie AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.4/100 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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