Where does RIC Investments LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), RIC Investments LLC ranks #13,657 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 RIC Investments LLC hold?

RIC Investments LLC holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is RIC Investments LLC's Innovation Score?

RIC Investments LLC has an Innovation Score of 30.3 out of 100 (34th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is RIC Investments LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

RIC Investments LLC's recent grant velocity is -95% 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 RIC Investments LLC's patents?

RIC Investments LLC's patents average 11.9 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 RIC Investments 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

RIC Investments LLC

Q: What technology areas does RIC Investments LLC focus on?

RIC Investments LLC's top technology area is 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) with 21 patents, ranking #353 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, RIC ranks #13,657 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 12 technology areas.

#13,657
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.3/100): 11.9
avg claims per patent: -95%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13657 · US Corporation #13,657 · 22 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,657/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Recover Energy…
CPC-FOCUS A61M · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -95% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Recover Energy Services 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 RIC’s 30.3 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 10.8 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
RIC Investments · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows RIC's Innovation Score is 30.3/100 (34th 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 RIC?

Each dot is one of RIC’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). RIC’s own 11.9 claims/patent is at or below the 14.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where RIC's grants concentrate

RIC Investments LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 95.5% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, RIC sits between Recover Energy Services Inc. and RUD Ketten Rieger & Dietz GMBH U. Co. KG.

Recover Energy Se…

22
Reliance JIO Info…

22
Rempex Pharmaceut…

22
RGF Environmental…

22
ROI Optoelectroni…

22
ROM Acquisition

22
RSA Security

22
RUD Ketten Rieger…

22
RIC Investments ◀

22

What this shows RIC holds 22 patents at rank #13,648, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near RIC

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,648 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

RIC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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RIC Investments LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	22.7%
2016	7	31.8%
2017	7	31.8%
2019	2	9.1%
2020	1	4.5%

Which technologies does RIC Investments LLC patent most?

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 21

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 3

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 1

B01D - Separation 1

C07K - Peptides 1

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

Top 12 of 12 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

RIC Investments LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

RIC Investments LLC's lead technology class is 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), 95.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #13,657 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare RIC Investments LLC against Recover Energy Services Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.3/100 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.