Where does Rocket Fuel Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rocket Fuel Inc. ranks #37,267 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 Rocket Fuel Inc. hold?

Rocket Fuel Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2018, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Rocket Fuel Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Rocket Fuel Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.3 out of 100 (27th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Rocket Fuel Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

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

Rocket Fuel Inc.'s patents average 29.4 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 Rocket Fuel 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

Rocket Fuel Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Rocket Fuel Inc. focus on?

Rocket Fuel Inc.'s top technology area is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2018. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rocket ranks #37,267 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 3 technology areas.

#37,267
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.3/100): 29.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37267 · US Corporation #37,267 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #37,267/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Robert Bosch…
CPC-NARROW G06Q · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 29.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Rocket Fuel · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rocket's Innovation Score is 28.3/100 (27th 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.

Where Rocket's grants concentrate

Rocket Fuel Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2017. By volume, Rocket sits between Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Inc. and Rolf C. Hagen Inc..

Robert Bosch Heal…

7
Robert Bosch Powe…

7
Robert T and Virg…

7
Robotarmy

7
Rocketick

7
Rocktape

7
Rogue Fabrication

7
Rolf C Hagen

7
Rocket Fuel ◀

7

What this shows Rocket holds 7 patents at rank #37,256, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rocket

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,256 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Rocket's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2018

Grants by year

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

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Rocket Fuel Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	42.9%
2018	4	57.1%

Which technologies does Rocket Fuel Inc. patent most?

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#37,267

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Rocket Fuel Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #37,267 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rocket Fuel Inc. against Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.3/100 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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