Where does Ripcord Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ripcord Inc. ranks #16,317 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 Ripcord Inc. hold?

Ripcord Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2023, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Ripcord Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ripcord Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.2 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ripcord Inc. focus on?

Ripcord Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 12 patents, ranking #1,136 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

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

Ripcord Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Ripcord Inc.'s patents average 17.4 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 Ripcord 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

Ripcord Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2023. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ripcord ranks #16,317 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 12 technology areas.

#16,317
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.2/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16317 · US Corporation #16,317 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,317/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Research
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Research Corporation Technologies, 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 Ripcord’s 36.2 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 10.2 pts (28%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 12.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Ripcord's Innovation Score is 36.2/100 (top 47% 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 Ripcord?

Each dot is one of Ripcord’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). Ripcord’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ripcord's grants concentrate

Ripcord Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Ripcord sits between Research Corporation Technologies, Inc. and Sakura Color Products Corporation.

Ripcord's three-year grant acceleration

Ripcord Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

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What this shows Ripcord holds 18 patents at rank #16,317, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ripcord

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,317 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Ripcord's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2023

Grants by year

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

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Ripcord Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	4	22.2%
2020	3	16.7%
2021	5	27.8%
2022	4	22.2%
2023	2	11.1%

Which technologies does Ripcord Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 12

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

B25C - Hand-held Nailing OR Stapling TOOLS; Manually Operated Portable Stapling Tools 4

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 4

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 4

G07D - Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 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

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

Ripcord Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #16,317 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ripcord Inc. against Research Corporation Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.2/100 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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