Where does Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust ranks #42,704 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 Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust hold?

Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust's Innovation Score?

Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust has an Innovation Score of 28.6 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust focus on?

Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust's top technology area is H04Q (Selecting) with 5 patents, ranking #171 of 915 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust's patents?

Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust's patents average 17.0 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.

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Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust

Q: How is the Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust 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 PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: H04Q (Selecting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Robert ranks #42,704 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 11 technology areas.

#42,704
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.6/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42704 · US Corporation #42,704 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,704/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ritter
CPC-FOCUS H04Q · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ritter GmbH (±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 Robert’s 28.6 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 6.7 pts (23%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Robert's Innovation Score is 28.6/100 (28th 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 Robert?

Each dot is one of Robert’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). Robert’s own 17.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Robert's grants concentrate

Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under H04Q (Selecting). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Robert sits between Ritter GmbH and Roche Diagnostics GMBH.

Ritter

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Robell Research

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Robert Bürkle

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Robo Industries

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Robson Forensic

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Robust AI

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Roche Diagnostics

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What this shows Robert holds 6 patents at rank #42,694, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Robert

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,694 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04Q (Selecting)

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

Robert's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

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

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Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	16.7%
2019	2	33.3%
2020	1	16.7%
2021	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust patent most?

H04Q - Selecting 5

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 5

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust's lead technology class is H04Q (Selecting), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04Q
Ranked #42,704 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Robert F. Nienhouse 1997 Declaration of Trust against Ritter GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.6/100 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

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