Where does Ray Enterprises LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ray Enterprises LLC ranks #42,582 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 Ray Enterprises LLC hold?

Ray Enterprises LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Ray Enterprises LLC's Innovation Score?

Ray Enterprises LLC has an Innovation Score of 21.6 out of 100 (9th 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 Ray Enterprises LLC focus on?

Ray Enterprises LLC's top technology area is G08C (Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals) with 5 patents, ranking #87 of 676 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ray Enterprises LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ray Enterprises LLC'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 Ray Enterprises LLC's patents?

Ray Enterprises LLC's patents average 16.5 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 Ray Enterprises 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

Ray Enterprises LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. 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: G08C (Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ray ranks #42,582 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 2 technology areas.

#42,582
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.6/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42582 · US Corporation #42,582 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,582/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Rasspe Systemtechnik
CPC-NARROW G08C · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rasspe Systemtechnik Gmbh (±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 Ray’s 21.6 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 6.7 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (23%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (46%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ray Enterprises · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ray's Innovation Score is 21.6/100 (9th 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 Ray?

Each dot is one of Ray’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). Ray’s own 16.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ray's grants concentrate

Ray Enterprises LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under G08C (Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Ray sits between Rasspe Systemtechnik Gmbh and Raysolve Optoelectronics (Suzhou) Company Limited.

Rasspe Systemtech…

6
Rastal & KG

6
Ratio

6
Rawhide Portable…

6
Raycon

6
Raycon Industries

6
Raygen Resources…

6
Raysolve Optoelec…

6
Ray Enterprises ◀

6

What this shows Ray holds 6 patents at rank #42,631, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ray

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,631 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G08C (Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values)

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

Ray's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

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

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Ray Enterprises LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2017	3	50.0%
2018	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Ray Enterprises LLC patent most?

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Ray Enterprises LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ray Enterprises LLC's lead technology class is G08C (Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G08C
Ranked #42,582 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ray Enterprises LLC against Rasspe Systemtechnik Gmbh, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.6/100 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

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.