Where does Rigetti & Co, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rigetti & Co, LLC ranks #3,576 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 Rigetti & Co, LLC hold?

Rigetti & Co, LLC holds 103 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Rigetti & Co, LLC's Innovation Score?

Rigetti & Co, LLC has an Innovation Score of 55.7 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Rigetti & Co, LLC focus on?

Rigetti & Co, LLC's top technology area is G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models) with 98 patents, ranking #94 of 4,479 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Rigetti & Co, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rigetti & Co, LLC's recent grant velocity is +238% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Rigetti & Co, LLC's patents?

Rigetti & Co, LLC's patents average 25.7 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 Rigetti & Co, 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

Rigetti & Co, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 103 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rigetti ranks #3,576 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 103 patents across 24 technology areas.

#3,576
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.7/100): 25.7
avg claims per patent: +238%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3576 · US Corporation #3,576 · 103 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 103 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,576/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pictometry Internati…
CPC-FOCUS G06N · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +238% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pictometry International Corp. (±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 Rigetti’s 55.7 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 16.0 pts (29%) Velocity 7.4 pts (13%) Breadth 17.3 pts (31%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Caterpillar Sarl · near

56
Norton (Waterford) · near

56
Rigetti & · this assignee

56
South Dakota Board… · near

56
THE Arizona Board… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Rigetti's Innovation Score is 55.7/100 (top 7% 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 Rigetti?

Each dot is one of Rigetti’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). Rigetti’s own 25.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Rigetti's grants concentrate

Rigetti & Co, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 95.1% of grants classified under G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (21 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Rigetti sits between Pictometry International Corp. and Synaptics Japan GK.

Rigetti's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Rigetti & Co, LLC moved from 39 to 43 grants (1.10x 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 #956. See the growth leaderboard.

Pictometry Intern…

103
Plastipak Packagi…

103
Qatar University

103
Ratier-figeac SAS

103
Suzhou China Star…

103
Solenis

103
Surmodics

103
Synaptics Japan GK

103
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103

What this shows Rigetti holds 103 patents at rank #3,576, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rigetti

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,576 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Mo…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Rigetti, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Mo…), Rigetti ranks #94 of 4,479 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

South Dakota Board OF Regents 56 Norton (Waterford) Limited 56 Caterpillar Sarl 56 THE Arizona Board OF Regents 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (25.7 here).

Cummins-Allison Corp. 25.7 avg Crystal IS, Inc. 25.8 avg Informatica LLC 25.7 avg ATI Properties LLC 25.8 avg

Rigetti's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Rigetti & Co, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	1.0%
2018	9	8.7%
2019	11	10.7%
2020	14	13.6%
2021	14	13.6%
2022	8	7.8%
2023	14	13.6%
2024	21	20.4%
2025partial year	11	10.7%

Which technologies does Rigetti & Co, LLC patent most?

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 98

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 59

H03K - Pulse Technique 26

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 17

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 14

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 12

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 9

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 6

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 4

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 2

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 2

Top 15 of 24 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

Rigetti & Co, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rigetti & Co, LLC's lead technology class is G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models), 95.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06N
Ranked #3,576 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rigetti & Co, LLC against Pictometry International Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.7/100 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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