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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Riddell, Inc. ranks #4,260 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 Riddell, Inc. hold?

Riddell, Inc. holds 84 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Riddell, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Riddell, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.7 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Riddell, Inc. focus on?

Riddell, Inc.'s top technology area is A42B (HATS; Head Coverings) with 49 patents, ranking #2 of 278 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

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

Riddell, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +20% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Riddell, Inc.'s patents?

Riddell, Inc.'s patents average 19.6 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 Riddell, 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

Riddell, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 84 granted patents across 17 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: A42B (HATS; Head Coverings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Riddell ranks #4,260 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 84 patents across 17 technology areas.

#4,260
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.7/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4260 · US Corporation #4,260 · 84 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 84 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,260/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Qingdao Haier Joint…
CPC-FOCUS A42B · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Qingdao Haier Joint Stock Co., Ltd. (±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 Riddell’s 44.7 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 15.3 pts (34%) Velocity 3.1 pts (7%) Breadth 14.6 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Adrian Steel · near

45
Isco International · near

45
Medizinische… · near

45
Osaka City University · near

45
Riddell · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Riddell's Innovation Score is 44.7/100 (top 25% 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 Riddell?

Each dot is one of Riddell’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). Riddell’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Riddell's grants concentrate

Riddell, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 58.3% of grants classified under A42B (HATS; Head Coverings). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (17 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Riddell sits between Qingdao Haier Joint Stock Co., Ltd. and Spatial Digital Systems, Inc..

Riddell's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Riddell, Inc. moved from 37 to 17 grants (0.46x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Qingdao Haier Joi…

84
Qualcomm Mems

84
Quanata

84
Refinitiv US Orga…

84
Shanghai Hengrui…

84
Soclean

84
Somfy Activites

84
Spatial Digital S…

84
Riddell ◀

84

What this shows Riddell holds 84 patents at rank #4,260, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Riddell

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,260 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A42B (HATS)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Riddell, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A42B (HATS), Riddell ranks #2 of 278 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Isco International, LLC 45 Adrian Steel Company 45 Osaka City University 45 Medizinische Universität Wien 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.6 here).

Insight Direct USA, Inc. 19.6 avg Netskope, Inc. 19.6 avg Itron, Inc. 19.6 avg Rambus Inc. 19.6 avg

Riddell's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% 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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Riddell, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	2.4%
2016	7	8.3%
2017	10	11.9%
2018	4	4.8%
2019	12	14.3%
2020	8	9.5%
2021	17	20.2%
2022	8	9.5%
2023	4	4.8%
2024	5	6.0%
2025partial year	7	8.3%

Which technologies does Riddell, Inc. patent most?

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 49

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 33

A42C - Manufacturing OR Trimming Head Coverings, e.g. Hats 12

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 4

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

A41H - Appliances OR Methods FOR Making Clothes, e.g. FOR Dress-making OR FOR Tailoring, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 15 of 17 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Riddell, Inc.'s lead technology class is A42B (HATS; Head Coverings), 58.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A42B
Ranked #4,260 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Riddell, Inc. against Qingdao Haier Joint Stock Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.7/100 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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