Where does R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc. ranks #20,332 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 R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc. hold?

R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.6 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc. focus on?

R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc.'s top technology area is E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors) with 8 patents, ranking #75 of 584 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc.'s patents?

R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc.'s patents average 13.1 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 R&L Marketing & Sales, 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

R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, R&l ranks #20,332 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 13 technology areas.

#20,332
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.6/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20332 · US Corporation #20,332 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,332/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Quanten
CPC-FOCUS E04F · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Quanten Technologies Limited (±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 R&l’s 41.6 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 9.4 pts (23%) Velocity 11.7 pts (28%) Breadth 12.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
R&L Marketing & Sales · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows R&l's Innovation Score is 41.6/100 (top 33% 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 R&l?

Each dot is one of R&l’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). R&l’s own 13.1 claims/patent is at or below the 13.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where R&l's grants concentrate

R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, R&l sits between Quanten Technologies Limited and RAM Medical Innovations, Inc..

R&l's three-year grant acceleration

R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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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14
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14

What this shows R&L holds 14 patents at rank #20,290, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near R&L

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,290 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in R&L's primary technology class.

R&l's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.1%
2018	2	14.3%
2019	1	7.1%
2020	1	7.1%
2021	2	14.3%
2022	1	7.1%
2023	5	35.7%
2024	1	7.1%

Which technologies does R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc. patent most?

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 8

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 6

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 6

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 6

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 5

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

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 2

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 1

Top 13 of 13 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

R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc.'s lead technology class is E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04F
Ranked #20,332 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare R&L Marketing & Sales, Inc. against Quanten Technologies Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.6/100 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.