Where does RetailNext, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), RetailNext, Inc. ranks #21,688 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 RetailNext, Inc. hold?

RetailNext, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is RetailNext, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

RetailNext, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.4 out of 100 (38th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

RetailNext, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -56% 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 RetailNext, Inc.'s patents?

RetailNext, Inc.'s patents average 19.5 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 RetailNext, 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

RetailNext, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does RetailNext, Inc. focus on?

RetailNext, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 9 patents, ranking #1,413 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Retailnext ranks #21,688 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 9 technology areas.

#21,688
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.4/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21688 · US Corporation #21,688 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,688/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Relay Therapeutics
CPC-NARROW G06Q · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Relay Therapeutics, 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.

How Retailnext’s 31.4 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 9.1 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (34%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
RetailNext · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Retailnext's Innovation Score is 31.4/100 (38th 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 Retailnext?

Each dot is one of Retailnext’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). Retailnext’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 19.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Retailnext's grants concentrate

RetailNext, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 69.2% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Retailnext sits between Relay Therapeutics, Inc. and RoboDiagnostics LLC.

Relay Therapeutics

13
Relypsa

13
Renovia

13
Respiratory Motion

13
Rhode Island Boar…

13
Richards Mfg

13
Robart

13
Robodiagnostics

13
Retailnext ◀

13

What this shows RetailNext holds 13 patents at rank #21,698, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near RetailNext

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,698 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Retailnext's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 38th percentile higher than 38% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

View data table

RetailNext, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.7%
2016	4	30.8%
2017	1	7.7%
2018	3	23.1%
2020	1	7.7%
2021	3	23.1%

Which technologies does RetailNext, Inc. patent most?

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 9

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 7

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 6

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

RetailNext, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 69.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #21,688 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare RetailNext, Inc. against Relay Therapeutics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.4/100 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

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.