Where does Ropes Courses, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ropes Courses, Inc. ranks #29,967 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 Ropes Courses, Inc. hold?

Ropes Courses, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2019, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Ropes Courses, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ropes Courses, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.7 out of 100 (18th 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 Ropes Courses, Inc. focus on?

Ropes Courses, Inc.'s top technology area is B61B (Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 4 patents, ranking #33 of 107 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ropes Courses, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ropes Courses, 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 Ropes Courses, Inc.'s patents?

Ropes Courses, Inc.'s patents average 11.0 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.

How is the Ropes Courses, 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

Ropes Courses, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2019. 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: B61B (Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ropes ranks #29,967 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 10 technology areas.

#29,967
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 18th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.7/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29967 · US Corporation #29,967 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,967/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Rocky Brands
CPC-FOCUS B61B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rocky Brands, 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 Ropes’s 25.7 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 8.0 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (43%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Ropes Courses · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Ropes's Innovation Score is 25.7/100 (18th 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 Ropes?

Each dot is one of Ropes’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). Ropes’s own 11.0 claims/patent is at or below the 14.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ropes's grants concentrate

Ropes Courses, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under B61B (Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2018. By volume, Ropes sits between Rocky Brands, Inc. and RSR Limited.

Rocky Brands

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Rolls-royce Contr…

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Ronchi Mario S P A

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Rosetta Stone

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Rote Mate Industry

9
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9
RSR

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9

What this shows Ropes holds 9 patents at rank #29,893, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ropes

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,893 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B61B (Railway Systems)

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

Ropes's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 18th percentile higher than 18% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ropes Courses, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	4	44.4%
2019	5	55.6%

Which technologies does Ropes Courses, Inc. patent most?

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

A63G - MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; Similar Devices FOR Public Amusement 3

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 2

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 2

B61H - Brakes OR Other Retarding Devices Specially Adapted FOR Rail VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Disposition Thereof IN Rail Vehicles 2

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 1

A44D - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Buttons, Pins, Buckles OR Slide Fasteners, AND TO Jewellery, Bracelets OR Other Personal Adornments 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Ropes Courses, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ropes Courses, Inc.'s lead technology class is B61B (Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B61B
Ranked #29,967 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ropes Courses, Inc. against Rocky Brands, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.7/100 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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